Complete weak spots and identify what must transfer to the project
With teacher guidance, complete the remaining weak spots in your rehearsal workbook. This is not open-ended - you are practicing the structure that your project will use.
Polish Checklist
Ensure the executive summary states a clear recommendation with supporting numbers
Check: Can you point to one sentence that says what to do and why?
Verify all numbers in the recommendation trace back to a source sheet
Check: Can you click any number and trace it to its origin?
Add at least one limitation or risk factor (e.g., 'based on X% growth assumption')
Check: Is there a statement that acknowledges what could go wrong?
Confirm cross-sheet formulas are working (change an input, watch the output update)
Check: Does changing a growth rate update the Dashboard KPIs?
Verify the balance sheet balances (Assets = Liabilities + Equity)
Check: Is the accounting equation satisfied?
A complete project includes both a recommendation and a limitation. You cannot have one without the other.
Recommendation
"We should expand because ROI exceeds 15%..."
Risk/Limitation
"...if revenue growth stays above 10%. If growth slows to 5%, the project breaks even."
Next lesson, your team gets its own business scenario. You must recreate these features:
- All five sheet names and their purposes
- The recommendation → evidence → risk structure
- The Definition of Done checklist
- The three-statement linking logic (income → retained earnings → cash flow)
- The dashboard layout and KPI display
- The peer audit criteria
Question to answer: Which feature from today's rehearsal will be hardest to recreate with your own data? Why?
- All five sheets present with correct names
- Executive summary has one clear recommendation
- At least one risk or limitation stated
- Balance sheet balances (A = L + E)
- Three statements are linked via formulas
- Dashboard shows at least 3 KPIs with labels