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Why this is the Capstone. Modules 1-5 each gave you a framework. The Capstone is the synthesis: take a single hypothetical production from initial brief through to post-mortem, applying every framework along the way. The deliverables you produce here become your standard operating procedure (SOP) package — the repeatable, written way-we-do-things — for every production you run after this. It's the starting point for next year's musical, the templates you train your successor on, and the worked examples that justify the budget request.
The Tier 1A completion bar. Submitting this Capstone with all six deliverables (and ≥70% on the quizzes from Modules 1-5) issues your Tier 1A Certificate of Completion + CPD hours documentation, ready to submit to VIT / NESA / QCT / WACOT for accreditation credit.
"Your school is mounting a Year 12 production of Les Misérables as the major end-of-year show. Cast 32, band 14, crew 18 (year 9-12 students), three parent volunteers, and you. Venue: the school's 350-seat theatre. Season: 4 evening performances + 1 Saturday matinee. Director: passionate, ambitious, has run two prior school musicals. Budget cap from principal: A$35,000. Curtain up: 19:30 on a Friday in October. Bump-in: Saturday + Sunday morning the weekend before. You have 12 weeks from this brief to opening night."
You are the Production Manager for this show. You will produce six deliverables (one per prior module), assemble them as a portfolio, and submit it to the Capstone Scanner — an automated review that checks your work against the rubric and issues your certificate instantly on a pass. There's no human marker and no in-person assessment: the apps read your real work, and the written pieces are read by an AI assessor looking for a genuine, relevant attempt — not a word-for-word match to a template. You can re-scan as many times as you like. The brief above is your only starting input — the rest is your synthesis.
Identify at least 12 hazards across the production lifecycle (build, bump-in, tech, run, strike). For each:
For the 3 highest residual-score hazards, produce a full SWMS using the Module 3 template.
Build the register and SWMS in EasyRisk against your capstone show — the scanner reads them straight from there.
Open EasyRiskPass mark: all 12 hazards have unmitigated + residual scores; all 3 SWMS contain Task / Persons / Equipment / Hazards / Controls / Emergency / Sign-on sections.
Build a production schedule covering all 12 weeks from brief to opening, plus the run and strike. Required components:
Build the whole schedule in EasyScheduler against your capstone show.
Open EasySchedulerPass mark: schedule visibly applies the 70% rule (buffer is identifiable); dependencies between departments are explicit; meals scheduled; published call times specified.
Two artefacts:
Set up your people and roles in EasyScheduler / EasyRisk People (they carry across the suite); the org chart, matrix and SM contract templates are in the resource pack below.
Open EasyScheduler · PeoplePass mark: matrix covers safety stop / scope change / artistic / discipline / media / parent complaint at minimum; SM delegation explicitly lists the can-do and cannot-do scope.
Assemble the seven-category compliance pack for this production. Minimum contents:
Assemble it in EasyRisk Schools (the compliance home — people & licences, WWCC, contractor certs, doc storage) with the test-and-tag register in EasyInventory, then Save / Archive the show.
Open EasyRisk Schools Open EasyInventoryPass mark: all 7 categories represented; image-release form has per-channel opt-out; the streaming-rights position is explicit.
Three artefacts:
Build the P&L and pricing in EasyScheduler's budget tab; the parent-calendar and principal-brief templates are in the resource pack.
Open EasyScheduler · BudgetPass mark: P&L sums to a positive net (or explicitly explains the loss); ticket pricing is grounded in break-even + market comparison; principal brief is exactly one page.
The final deliverable is yours — and the hardest. Two artefacts:
Start from the post-mortem facilitation script template in the resource pack and tune it to your school; write the reflection in your portfolio uploader.
Open post-mortem templatePass mark: reflection is specific (not generic), and the post-mortem template is customised (not the Module 5 default verbatim).
If you're doing the 1A + 1B bundle, this is where the vocabulary half pays off — you apply the Tier 1B BS-detectors to your capstone show's real numbers. Two artefacts:
Save both annotated quotes + the two emails to your portfolio.
Pass mark (bundle): each quote is priced against the rate card with a specific, defensible challenge identified; the engineer-vs-op split and the mover/console grade are addressed.
Assessment is automated. The Pass column is what the Capstone Scanner checks for each deliverable — meet every Pass criterion across the six core deliverables and you pass Tier 1A. Deliverable 7 only applies if you're doing the 1A + 1B bundle — clear it as well and the scanner issues the combined Bachelor of being Unbullshittable credential. Credit and Distinction are higher tiers the scanner also records, but they're optional.
| Deliverable | Pass | Credit | Distinction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 — Risk register + SWMS | All 12 hazards scored; 3 full SWMS | Above + each hazard cites the specific WHS regulation / AS-NZS standard | Above + the residual score post-control is annotated with the reason it's now tolerable |
| 2 — Schedule | 12-week plan + bump-in + tech + pre-show | Above + contingency plan for "lighting 90 min behind by lunch" scenario | Above + a labour-cost forecast aligned with the P&L |
| 3 — Team + framework | Org chart + matrix + SM contract | Above + explicit bypass-detection lines for contractor / director-to-student / parent | Above + a one-paragraph escalation script for each bypass type |
| 4 — Compliance | All 7 categories represented | Above + streaming-rights position is explicit + records-retention schedule | Above + a contractor-quote-challenge email applying Module 4's compliance-line BS-detector |
| 5 — Budget + brief | P&L sums positive + 1-page principal brief | Above + ticket pricing references at least 2 comparable local schools | Above + a contractor-invoice review applying Module 5's BS-line detector |
| 6 — Reflection | Specific reflection + customised post-mortem template | Above + a list of the 3 most-likely things your school will resist about the framework | Above + a one-paragraph plan to overcome the school-specific resistance |
| 7 — Quote reads (1B bundle) | Lighting + sound quotes priced vs the rate card with a defensible challenge each | Above + the engineer-vs-op split and mover/console grade explicitly addressed | Above + a re-quote target figure and a negotiation script for each |
There's no parcel of PDFs to email and no waiting on a human assessor. You build the deliverables inside the suite against your capstone show, and the Capstone Scanner reads them straight from your own data.
Meet both and you pass — Credit/Distinction tiers are recorded if you reach them but aren't required. Miss something and the scanner tells you exactly what; fix and re-scan. There's no limit on attempts and no penalty for re-scanning.
On a pass, your Tier 1A Certificate of Completion is generated automatically (downloadable PDF format ships in v1.1; v1 stores it on your account):
The certificate is accepted as evidence of completed continuing professional development for teacher-registration accreditation in all four major Australian state/territory frameworks (VIT, NESA, QCT, WACOT). Submit to your registration authority during your next registration cycle.
The certificate is also evidence of competency for school internal-promotion / role-change purposes; the curriculum-alignment statement is structured to read directly as a competency map for "production-manager-of-school-shows" or equivalent role descriptions.
Tier 1A is the framework half of the unbullshittable-by-your-production-team diploma. Tier 1B adds the vocabulary half — the technical depth that lets you read a lighting plot, smell an over-spec'd sound spec, and call out the trained-markup contractors use on schools.
Tier 1B modules:
Tier 1B is A$149 standalone, or bundled with 1A at A$349 (save A$49). For schools, the Tier 2 School License (A$1,290/yr) bundles 1A + 1B + 30 student seats + admin dashboard + a cross-suite seat in EasyOrchestra, EasyInventory, or EasyRisk.
Open the three apps below and the resource pack, then block out 4-6 hours across 1-3 sessions to complete all six deliverables against your capstone show. Most candidates find Deliverable 2 (the schedule) the most time-consuming and Deliverable 6 (the reflection) the most useful in hindsight.
Open EasyRisk Open EasyScheduler Open EasyInventoryOnce you pass the scan, treat the resulting six-document portfolio as the starting point for your next real production — it cuts the planning time on production #1 of next year by roughly 60% because most of the templates carry forward.
Everything you need to sit the Capstone. Open each in a new tab, print or save as PDF.
| Resource | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Capstone Scenario Brief | The Les Misérables scenario in full — every constraint, in one place to work from. |
| Submission Checklist | Six-deliverable QA to run before you hit "Submit for scan". |
| Assessment Rubric | The full pass / credit / distinction table with scoring criteria — exactly what the scanner checks. |
| Sample Completed Capstone | An anonymised Distinction-grade submission, for reference only — not for copying. |
| EasyRisk + EasyScheduler Quick-Start | A combined 15-minute orientation for the two tools you'll lean on most. |
| Certificate Preview | The certificate format your registration authority sees on submission. |
The Capstone Scanner reads your EasyRisk / EasyScheduler data and your portfolio uploads, checks each deliverable against its Pass criteria, and — on a full pass — issues your certificate automatically. No human assessor. Re-scan as many times as you like.
This module has no graded quiz — completion is marked when you tell us you've worked through the material.