Capstone: document and data decision packet: Repeatable Workflows and Capstones

Outcome

Produce a decision packet with explicit units, assumptions, source links, and sensitivity to changed inputs.

Why it matters

Combine a source-faithful briefing and checked calculations into a reviewable planning decision.

Concept

A decision packet should let another person reconstruct the calculation and understand why the recommendation follows. State the input values, unit prices, arithmetic, budget limit, and assumptions. Explain which change would alter the decision. Keep predicted attendance separate from recorded preferences and room capacity.

Use the supplied fictional Cedar cost snapshot; do not import costs from an earlier lesson. Draft the six-part artifact and check it with the rubric. After the transfer cases, write how a changed fee or missing price affects the recommendation. A neat final number alone is not enough evidence of a sound decision.

Worked example

A separate fictional study group has a $60 fixed room charge and $3 materials per participant. For 10 participants, the estimate is $90; for 12 it is $96. If the cap is $95, a two-person change matters. Keep the assumed group size visible instead of calling the estimate a final invoice.

Before you check

Create a decision table for 18 and 20 participants using D1–D4. Show fixed cost, variable cost, total, and budget headroom. Write a short recommendation and a missing-cost check. Explain any corrections and what you kept unchanged.

Practice and fresh transfer

The packets below are fictional and contain the facts needed for these cases. External references are optional background. Judge each response independently: it may be supported, contradicted, or unresolved. Select the passages needed to justify your judgment and write why the distinction matters before revealing feedback.

Cedar decision packet workspace

Use D1–D4 for this budgeting snapshot. Produce a table for 18 and 20 participants and a 100–160 word planning recommendation to Mara. Include the six artifact sections. The recommendation is a budget check, not booking approval or a forecast of actual attendance. After transfer, add a revision note for a changed fee or missing cost.

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Supplied fictional packet

d1: Quote: Hall C costs $80 for the session; workbook cost is $2 per participant. These are the only costs covered by this quote.
d2: Budget cap for the quoted items is $120. Room capacity is 20 participants. Use 18 as the planning assumption and test 20 as a sensitivity case.
d3: The 18 planning participants are an assumption, not confirmed attendance. The survey had 18 responses; that does not confirm attendance.
d4: Transport and refreshments are outside this quote and have not been requested. If the scope expands, obtain their costs and an updated budget decision. Mara retains booking and send approval.

Task brief

Purpose, reader, constraints, and the decision or action this packet supports.

Source ledger

For each material claim: source ID, supporting passage or calculation, and scope or date limit.

Final output

Write the research brief, decision packet, or workflow handoff requested above.

Corrections and acceptance log

What did you retain unchanged? What did you repair, why, and using which source?

Uncertainty and next checks

Unresolved questions, assumptions, consequences, and who should verify them.

Review checklist and handoff

Checks completed, remaining approval, reviewer, and next step. Distinguish self-review from independent review.

Review criteria

Trace every material claim to the supplied source ID or an explicit calculation.
Retain supported content and explain each correction without inventing missing facts.
Keep assumptions, uncertainty, and remaining approvals visible.
Complete the brief, source ledger, output, corrections, uncertainty, and handoff sections.
After the fresh cases, describe how the changed facts would alter your output.
A facilitator reviews the actual artifact and unaided explanation before any independent learning claim.

I prepared an artifact here or in my own document and reviewed it against these criteria.

Assess the response

Use Accept when all material claims are supported. Use Revise when a supplied fact or requirement is contradicted. Use Evidence is insufficient when a key fact cannot be established either way. If a response contains both an unknown and a direct contradiction, choose Revise and explain both problems. Conflicting claims with no established authority remain insufficient; a claim does not become a governing fact merely because a source asserts it.

Some responses are fully supported. Others need correction or more evidence. Judge each on its sources; do not edit a correct answer just to change it.

Your written notes stay in this page and disappear when you leave. Only a self-reviewed completion can be saved to your learning account. These practice checks do not establish independent proficiency.

Practice

Case 1

Consider the proposed response for this fictional Cedar work task. Use the supplied packet and stated requirements.

Source packet

Source 1: Quote: $80 fixed room cost plus $2 per participant.
Source 2: Plan: 18 participants; $120 cap for these quoted items.

Response to assess

The estimate is $116 for the quoted items, leaving $4 under the cap at the assumed 18 participants.

Your decisionAccept as supportedRevise the responseEvidence is insufficient

Which sources establish your decision? Select all that are needed.Source 1Source 2

Choose a supported next stepKeep the response as written.Report $82 by charging for one workbook only.Call $116 a confirmed invoice for actual attendance.

Explain your evidence and any correction in your own words

Practice

Case 2

Consider the proposed response for this fictional Cedar work task. Use the supplied packet and stated requirements.

Source packet

Source 1: Quote: $80 room plus $2 per participant.
Source 2: Sensitivity case: 20 participants; budget cap $120.

Response to assess

At 20 participants, the quoted items cost $122 and exceed the cap.

Your decisionAccept as supportedRevise the responseEvidence is insufficient

Which sources establish your decision? Select all that are needed.Source 1Source 2

Choose a supported next stepKeep the response as written.Use $120: $80 plus $40, exactly the stated cap.Reduce the recorded participant count to make the total fit.

Explain your evidence and any correction in your own words

Fresh transfer

Case 3

Consider a fictional transfer estimate for a different workshop.

Source packet

Source 1: Quote: $45 fixed cost plus $3 per participant.
Source 2: Plan: 12 participants; cap $90 for those items.

Response to assess

The estimated total is $81, leaving $9 under the stated cap.

Your decisionAccept as supportedRevise the responseEvidence is insufficient

Which sources establish your decision? Select all that are needed.Source 1Source 2

Choose a supported next stepKeep the response as written.Report $576 by multiplying the whole fixed-plus-variable amount by 12.Report $48 by counting only one participant.

Explain your evidence and any correction in your own words

Fresh transfer

Case 4

Consider a fictional transfer estimate with an unresolved line item.

Source packet

Source 1: Quote: Room $50; printing charge to be confirmed.
Source 2: Budget: $70 for room and printing together. No printing estimate is supplied.

Response to assess

The complete room-and-printing plan fits within $70.

Your decisionAccept as supportedRevise the responseEvidence is insufficient

Which sources establish your decision? Select all that are needed.Source 1Source 2

Choose a supported next stepKeep the response as written.Report the known $50 and obtain printing cost before judging the combined total.Treat the missing printing charge as zero.

Explain your evidence and any correction in your own words

Save your self-review

Completion records that you reviewed the cases. Your explanation and transfer performance need a facilitator to establish independent learning.

Review the explanation for every case and review your capstone artifact before saving.

Summary and next step

Apply the checklist to a new task. Preserve supported content, explain any change with evidence, and name what remains unresolved. Saving records self-review, not independently demonstrated proficiency. A facilitator must assess the explanation and fresh transfer for human learning evidence.