Capstone Tips (the User Guide)

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The Course Road Map

Registration

Getting

Started

Practice Rounds

Go to capsim.com/register,

follow the onscreen

instructions and register

into your Industry.* Create

your User ID and Password.

Login with your User ID and

Password at capsim.com.

Click on Capstone. Go to

Getting Started and follow

the steps that include:

Most instructors include

team Practice rounds. When

the Practice is over, the

simulation will restart from

the beginning, using the

unique model selected by

your instructor.

*Your instructor may have

given you an Industry ID

Number. If not, you can

locate your industry by using

your school name/campus

and either the course section

number, start date or your

instructor’s initials.

» Reviewing the

Rehearsal Tutorial

» Opening the Capstone

Spreadsheet

» Forming your company

(if applicable)

Competition

Rounds

When the Competition

begins, your decisions

count! Additional tasks

could include:

» Optional Homework

Assignments

» Peer Evaluations

See your Dashboard for

complete information.

(if applicable)

Your instructor might

include a Comp-XM exam.

Go to the Course Page and

choose Comp-XM. Follow

the instructions on the

Dashboard which include:

» Decision making

using the Comp-XM

Spreadsheet

» Board Queries (quizzes)

Table of Contents

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1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

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2.1

2.2

3

3.1

3.2

3.3

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INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 1

The Industry Conditions Report ..................................1

Management Tools .......................................................1

Company Departments ............................................... 2

Inter-Department Coordination ................................. 3

Practice and Competition Rounds .............................. 3

Company Success...