Day 3 · Features and Capstone

The slides

All 49 slides for today. Arrow keys to move, F for full screen, and a countdown on every break slide.

The lab

Nine tasks. The MAP test at 10:30, then you work in pairs from 10:40 and present at 13:20. Three minutes, then one question.

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The MAP test

At 10:30, before the capstone starts. Word for word the test you took on Tuesday morning. Eight minutes, silent.

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The plan

09:00 to 14:00 · four breaks

09:0009:15

Review

Day 1 and Day 2 in four lines each. Say what is still fuzzy.

09:1509:50

Security and data sharing

Where your text goes. Anonymise first. Why a public tool needs more care than Copilot. Use cases by department.

09:5010:05

Break

Pick 10 or 15 minutes.

10:0510:30

Connectors, MCP and Skills

What a connector does and does not do. Task 1.

10:3010:40

Post-program MAP test

Eight minutes, silent. The same test as Tuesday, before the capstone. Task 2.

10:4010:50

Capstone · Phase 0

Pair up, pick one of seven ideas, split build and verify. Task 3.

10:5011:30

Deliverable 1 · Executive briefing

Profile, analyse, argue against yourself, then write one page. Task 4.

11:3011:40

Break

Pick 10 or 15 minutes.

11:4012:05

Deliverable 2 · Charts that argue

One claim each, cited rows, plus the counter chart. Task 5.

12:0512:45

Lunch and prayer

The deck has a 40 or 50 minute countdown.

12:4513:05

Deliverable 3 · Stakeholder deck

Five or six slides with the charts in, Claude Design or Gamma. Task 6.

13:0513:20

Deliverable 4 · Communication pack

Two items and three reusable templates. Task 7.

13:2013:50

Present

Three minutes per pair, then one question from the room. Task 8.

13:5014:00

Survey and certificates

Task 9.

The seven tasks

All seven inside Claude

01Connect something realOne connector, one question that needs it, then revoke it.In Claude→02Post-program MAP testEight minutes, silent. The same test as Tuesday, before the capstone.Assessment→03Phase 0. Pick your ideaSeven ideas. Read two, pick one, split build and verify.In pairs→04Executive briefingProfile, analyse, argue against yourself, then one page.In Claude→05Charts that argueOne claim each, cited rows, plus the counter chart.In Claude→06Stakeholder deckFive or six slides that carry the briefing and the charts into a room.Claude or Gamma→07Communication packTwo items, three reusable templates.In Claude→08Assemble and presentThree minutes per pair, then one question.In the room→09Survey, then certificatesFive minutes, please be blunt. Then a certificate and a photograph.Assessment→

What you leave with

Your implementation package

An executive briefing

One page. The decision, the evidence, the recommendation, and the risk.

A stakeholder deck

Six slides with charts, presented to the room and questioned by it.

Templates and a Monday plan

So the next person can rerun it, and so one thing actually changes next week.

The seven capstone ideas

Pairs pick one at 10:40

01 The Overtime Decision
Hire, or keep paying overtime? Nine months of overtime against hiring costs.2 files

02 The Retention Programme
Where does the retention budget go? Eighteen months of leavers.2 files

03 The Channel Rescue
Which channel is genuinely failing, and why? 564 tickets against staffing.2 files

04 The Supplier Consolidation
Fewer suppliers, or not? 193 purchase orders across five categories.2 files

05 The Recognition Programme
The weakest score in the company. 161 survey responses.1 file

06 The Cost Control Programme
Three measures, each tied to a budget line. 32 detail lines.2 files

07 Your Own Work
Your decision, your redacted data. Four questions and instructor sign off first.Ask first

Every dataset carries deliberate problems, exactly like yesterday. Files download from inside the lab.Task 2

Before you leave

13:50 to 14:00

End of program survey
Five minutes. Please be blunt, the polite answers do not help.Open →