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Module 05 · Week 5 · Individual mission

Build a Model That Makes Assumptions Visible

Use a simple model to organise a decision and test its assumptions.

About 7 minutes. There is no timer.Formative practice only. No assessment marks.1 Insight Capsule on completionSLO2SLO3
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  3. 3Case boardNext
  4. 4CheckpointsNext
  5. 5ReflectionNext
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Briefing

A model helps an analyst organise evidence, but it does not remove uncertainty.

Your job is to choose a simple structure, make assumptions visible, and test whether the recommendation changes.

Practice boundary

Your answers and progress are kept only while this page remains open. Refreshing or closing the page resets them. Your answers are not stored on this device or sent to a server.

Game economy

Build Momentum without risking XP

+3Correct checkpoint
−1First incorrect check in a checkpoint
100 XPAlways recoverable through retry

You begin with 3 Momentum. Any held points return when you solve that checkpoint. Momentum never falls below zero and never changes assessment marks. Complete the mission to open one transparent reward draw.

What you will practise

  1. Apply a simple input-rule-output framework to a business decision.SLO2
  2. Recommend a model that matches the decision and available evidence.SLO3
  3. Test how a changed assumption affects the model result.SLO2, SLO3

3 terms for this mission

Model
A simplified representation used to examine a question or decision.
Assumption
A stated condition accepted for the model and open to testing.
Sensitivity check
Changing one input or assumption to see how much the result changes.

All businesses, people, and data in this mission are fictional.