Choose the learning question
Define the decision you want learners to examine.
Try a decision. Follow what changes.
Udyamivo uses business simulation to help first-time entrepreneurs examine decisions in a practice setting. Shop, café and production scenarios connect choices about stock, time and capacity with a discussion of their consequences. The learning task is to explain a decision, test an alternative and carry a more considered question into real-world planning.
Learning scenarios
A neighbourhood shop scenario
A shop scenario makes the relationship between stock, demand and available resources visible.
Learning scenariosA café operations scenario
A café brings time, preparation and capacity into the same discussion.
Learning scenariosProduction and group learning
A production scenario can connect inputs, sequencing and completed work.
Learning scenariosStart with the task and follow the detail that matters to your next decision.
Try a capacity decision
This illustrative exercise shares 12 practice units between preparation and service. Usable capacity is the smaller allocation: each completed task needs one unit from both sides.
Service units
Usable task capacity
Move the allocation and observe the relationship between the two parts of the work.
The remaining units are assigned here.
Compare the result, then explain the assumption behind the model.
Run a session
Agree the session format
Discuss the selected scenario, participant roles and the way the exercise will be facilitated.
Make and record decisions
Ask learners to state an assumption before changing a variable.
Debrief and compare alternatives
Review which assumptions held, what surprised the group and what information was missing.
Keep the preparation stages connected to the decision each one needs.
Learning happens in the debrief
A result is only part of the session. Participants need space to explain why they chose a path and how their understanding changed. A facilitator can help distinguish a missing piece of information from an assumption that was present but untested.
Change one assumption, then read the result
A learning scenario becomes easier to discuss when the group agrees what is being held constant. Choose a starting amount of work, identify the limited resource and decide which change to try. Moving every assumption at once can produce a different result without explaining why it happened.
Use the model to make a question visible, rather than treating its output as a forecast for an actual business.
Bring the observation into the debrief
Ask where work waited, which decision moved the constraint and what information was missing. A useful debrief can compare two approaches without naming a universal winner. Keep the example connected to the learning objective. Our session notes describe how to prepare a group question and retain the assumptions needed for discussion.
Practice before commitment
The simulator provides a bounded place to examine a decision. Its value lies in making assumptions discussable and alternatives testable. A scenario can simplify reality so a relationship becomes visible, provided the learner also understands what the exercise leaves outside its boundary.
Keep the starting assumptions visible
Write the scenario's starting resources, available choices and simplified rules where participants can refer to them. Check that the group understands the same starting point before interpreting a difference in results.
Bring a decision worth exploring
Tell Udyamivo who will take part, which decisions they want to explore and the setting for the learning session. Include group size, preferred timing in IST and whether the enquiry concerns a scenario or educational group use. The contact conversation clarifies access, scope and applicable terms.