Scenario questions

The focus is people beginning to explore business decisions and groups learning through a structured exercise. Describe the participants' experience and the learning question before selecting a format.

A scenario uses simplified rules for a defined learning purpose. Its outcomes support discussion of decisions and assumptions; real planning requires evidence about the actual business and context.

Discuss group size, roles, intended setting and the materials needed. Educational licence scope, access and facilitation responsibilities are agreed directly for the intended use.

Choose the decision relationship you want to understand. Shop scenarios emphasise stock choices, café exercises connect time and capacity, and production settings can examine inputs and sequencing.

Prepare the learning question, participant roles and the agreed scenario material. Check access and instructions in advance, then leave time for reflection and a debrief rather than using the entire session for the exercise.

Comparing alternatives is useful when the starting assumptions and learning question remain clear. Record what changed and why, then discuss whether the exercise supplied enough evidence to interpret the difference.