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The shelf you reach for mid-case.

Frameworks, templates, worked examples and checklists — short by policy, indexed against the modules that assume them, and open-book by design.

On the shelf

What is in there

A sample of the library. The full shelf grows with every module published.

Type
TemplatesBusinessFree

The Decision Memo template

The one-pager format used across every business and leadership submission: call, rejected options, falsifier, review date.

When to use it: Reach for it the moment a case asks for a recommendation.
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FrameworksBusinessFree

Structuring a problem out loud

Four structures that cover most case-interview prompts, and the tell that says which one a prompt wants.

When to use it: Placement preparation, case interviews, group discussions.
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Cheat sheetsEngineeringPaid

System design constraint sheet

Latency, throughput, consistency and cost ranges you can quote from memory, with the orders of magnitude that matter.

When to use it: Any engineering case with a scale number in the brief.
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FrameworksDataFree

Reading an A/B result

The seven checks between "the number went up" and "we should ship this", in the order they are worth running.

When to use it: Experiment cases and the Reading an Experiment workshop.
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Worked examplesDataPaid

Worked example: the checkout drop

A full case worked end to end — brief, position, discussion transcript, submission and the mark, with the rubric alongside.

When to use it: Read before your first submission to see what "good" looks like.
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Design rationale template

How to justify an interface decision from the problem rather than from taste, in a page a stakeholder will read.

When to use it: Every design submission, and the Critique Without Taste workshop.
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TemplatesLeadershipPaid

Post-mortem structure

A blameless post-mortem layout whose actions survive the following week, with the four questions that make them stick.

When to use it: Incident cases and engineering leadership modules.
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Reading listsLeadershipFree

What to read next

Per track, ten to fifteen genuinely worth-it books and papers, each with one line on what it will change for you.

When to use it: Between modules, when you want depth rather than another case.
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Evidence quality checklist

The rubric line most people lose points on, turned into six questions to ask your own argument before the room does.

When to use it: Ten minutes before any discussion.
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How the shelf is run

Three rules that keep it useful

A reference library nobody opens is just storage. These are the rules that stop that happening.

Indexed against cases

Every resource is linked from the modules that assume it, so it surfaces at the moment you need it rather than in a folder you never open.

Short by policy

Nothing on the shelf is longer than it has to be. If a framework needs twelve pages to explain, it is the wrong framework.

Revised when it is wrong

Resources carry a revision date. When a case exposes a gap in one, the resource changes — the shelf is maintained, not archived.

Where it fits

How resources get used

Study material is the fourth pillar of the OPM Method. This is where it lands in a week.

01

Meet it in a module

The concept section points at the two or three resources the case will lean on. That is the intended first contact.

02

Use it during the case

Nothing here is closed-book. Reaching for a framework mid-case is the behaviour we are trying to build, not one we penalise.

03

Cite it in discussion

A position grounded in a named framework is easier to challenge and easier to improve, which is why it scores better.

04

Fill in the template

Most submissions have a template on the shelf. Starting from it removes the format question and leaves you the thinking.

05

Keep it after

Saved resources stay in your library for good — nothing you have saved expires.

Questions

About the library

No. Course notes explain a concept once, in context. The shelf holds the things you come back to — templates you fill in, frameworks you apply, examples you compare your own work against.
Yes, always. Nothing here is closed-book. Reaching for the right framework under time pressure is a skill in its own right and we would rather you practised it.
Templates and cheat sheets download as PDF or DOCX. Worked examples stay online because they include discussion transcripts and marks.
Frameworks, checklists and reading lists are free. Worked examples with full marks and transcripts, and the specialist cheat sheets, come with the course they belong to.
Yes — the contact form has a line for it. The most useful suggestions come from learners who hit a gap mid-case and had to invent the missing template themselves.
Open-book by design

Take the framework
into the room.

Nothing here is closed-book. Using the right tool under time pressure is the skill, not cheating at it.