05 · Reflect

Cape Manufacturing solar investment case — Reflect on your learning and the investment decision

Case study · Cape Manufacturing · The debrief

The analysis is ready for management review. A recommendation is a proposal for the next step; it does not establish that a contract has been approved or that the supplier assumptions have been verified.

Monday 16:00 · Financial Director

What changed your judgement—and what remains uncertain?

Explain how the model and sensitivity test changed your initial view. What would you check next, and what would you carry into our next investment decision?

Revisit

Your initial prediction on this device was: No saved prediction available.

What did you initially think mattered most in choosing between the proposals?

Explain

Which result, assumption or sensitivity finding changed or strengthened your judgement, and why?

Transfer

Identify another business investment decision where you could use the same pattern:

Inputs → Model → Test assumptions → Interpret → Recommend

Your reflection · 2–4 sentences

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Reference model — after completion

Use the completed model only after you have built, tested and checked your own work. Compare formulas and reasoning; do not replace your work with the reference values.

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Completed: built evidence, tested assumptions and communicated a qualified recommendation. Carry this analytical pattern into your next investment decision.

Glossary & further reading · optional

Reflection: Examining how evidence and experience changed your reasoning, and what you would do differently next time. Here, connect your initial view to a specific model result or sensitivity finding.
Transfer of learning: Applying a method learned in one setting to a different problem. The inputs-to-recommendation pattern can support another investment decision, with assumptions adapted to that case.
Assumption: An input or condition accepted for modelling purposes that may still need verification. A calculation based on it does not turn it into verified evidence.
Qualified recommendation: Advice that states the conditions or uncertainties affecting it, such as verifying self-consumption before committing. It supports a decision without claiming that approval or verification has already occurred.

Further reading

University of Edinburgh — What? So what? Now what?
A short framework for interpreting an experience and applying the learning in future.
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University of Edinburgh — Revisiting reflections
How returning to earlier reflections can reveal changes in understanding.
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