Working in a Team: When to Save Decisions
This article is intended for students only.
This article is related to the Team version.
This article is for Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing simulations.
This article is for Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing simulations.
There is no auto-save feature in the simulation, so you can experiment without overriding previous decisions.
When you are satisfied with your decisions in a particular decision form, it's important that you click on the Save button at the bottom:
When you are satisfied with your decisions in a particular decision form, it's important that you click on the Save button at the bottom:
This ensures that the decisions you have entered for that particular section will be saved and included when the current year of the simulation is simulated.
The saved decisions can always be changed, even after selecting the Validate button, as long as it is before the deadline - but be sure you save your newly changed decisions!
Failing to save your decisions means they will not be recorded, and a second chance will not be provided.
Working in a team: How it really works
The software allows multiple team members to access their company's decisions simultaneously, and to work independently without the actions of other team members affecting their forecast results. Howewer, when a participant clicks on the Save button in a decision form, the team's decisions become official. Then, the system updates the results for each team member when they refresh their page.
The software allows multiple team members to access their company's decisions simultaneously, and to work independently without the actions of other team members affecting their forecast results. Howewer, when a participant clicks on the Save button in a decision form, the team's decisions become official. Then, the system updates the results for each team member when they refresh their page.
When a decision is made and the page is refreshed, team members can see who saved the decision and when:
However, only the last saved decision counts. So, when working in a team, communication is the key to success!
Related Articles
Saving Decisions - It's Important!
This article is intended for students only. This article is in relation to the Team version. This article is for Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing simulations. There is no auto-save feature in the simulation, so you can experiment without ...Are decisions taken into account if a team fails to click the "Validate" button?
This article is intended for Students and Instructors This article is for Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing simulations. This article is referring to only the Team versions of the simulations. Yes, the decisions taken by students are taken ...Why can't I see the same estimated budget as my teammate?
This article is intended for students. This article is for Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing simulations. This situation can happen, and it is a normal system behaviour. When a participant accesses a decision form, the simulation data is ...Should I click on ''Save'' even when I want to stay with the same decisions made for the previous round?
This article is intended for students. This article is for Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing simulations. Even if you do not make any changes to your decisions on a particular form, it is better to click Save to confirm that you will use the ...Video Game: How to handle unexpected losses and results?
This article is intended for students. This article is only for the Marketing simulation. Just like in the real business world, you are playing a game where the outcome depends on more than just your decisions. The situation is that your business is ...