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Talent Acquisition & Org Design Challenges
Talent Acquisition & Org Design challenges put you inside the work of finding the right people and shaping how teams are built. You'll develop skills in ATS Workflow, Sourcing Channels, Structured Interviewing, and Calibration sessions, and surface Hiring Bias before it skews a decision.
From there you'll handle the harder edges — Hiring loop architecture, Technical Interview Design, Job leveling & families, Organizational Design, Workforce & headcount modeling, and Succession planning — building Org design for transformation the way people teams actually do. Each challenge you solve earns a verified credential you can share with recruiters.
- DesignIntermediateNew
Design a Kanban Flow System for a Platform Team
Map the platform team's current workflow (intake to deploy) and design a Kanban board with 5-7 columns, explicit WIP limits per column, and a class-of-service swimlane for emerg…
- Kanban Boards
- Flow Metrics
- Process Mapping
Agile Methods and Practices - StrategyBeginnerNew
Code Review Bootcamp for an Early-Stage Mobile Team
Read the team's last 100 merged PRs (export provided) and tag the 10 worst review threads (rubber-stamp, bikeshed, missing context). Draft a 4-page code-review guideline coverin…
- Code Review
- Mentorship & Coaching
- Process Mapping
Software Construction - StrategyBeginnerNew
Introduce XP Practices to a Legacy E-Commerce Codebase
Run a 6-week intervention with the 7-person checkout team. Week 1: baseline (current test coverage, defect-escape rate, story cycle time). Weeks 2-5: introduce TDD on all new co…
- Extreme Programming
- Test Driven Development
- Ai Pair Programming
Agile Methods and Practices - StrategyIntermediateNew
Scaling Playbook for Oatly-Style D2C to Retail Transition
Build an integrated scaling playbook addressing org design, hiring plan, capability gaps, and cash-flow implications of the retail transition. You must propose a redesigned org …
- Organizational Design
- Scaling Strategy
- Hiring Planning
Advanced Entrepreneurship and Founders' Skills Practice your coursework on real scenarios.
Every challenge is shaped from real-world context — not generic exercises. The work mirrors what your degree prepares you for.
Why Ewance
- StrategyBeginnerNew
Continuous-Improvement Kata for a SaaS Engineering Org
Read Mike Rother's 'Toyota Kata' framework + 'The Kata Coaching Practice Guide'. Design a lightweight Improvement Kata for the 3 pilot teams: vision (engineering quality), targe…
- Continuous Improvement
- Toyota Kata
- Coaching
Software Quality and Process Improvement - StrategyIntermediateNew
Roll Out an Advanced Process Model (LeSS) to 6 Product Teams
Read the LeSS framework (Larman + Vodde) and audit the 6 teams' current Scrum practice (anonymized data + 4 hours of recorded ceremonies). Author a 10-page rollout design coveri…
- Advanced Process Models
- Scaling Agile
- Less
Advanced Software Engineering - DesignIntermediateNew
Organizational Restructuring for a SaaS Scale-Up
Your task is to design a new organizational structure for DataFlow Analytics. You must interview stakeholders (simulated via personas), analyze current bottlenecks, propose a st…
- Organizational Design
- Change Management
- Stakeholder Mapping
Principles of Management - StrategySeniorNew
Revitalizing a Legacy Pharma Company's Innovation Pipeline
Your challenge is to propose a strategy execution framework that breaks down silos between R&D, regulatory, and marketing. The framework should include a new governance structur…
- Innovation Management
- Organizational Design
- Incentive Design
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Ship product that solves real user problems. Combine user research, prototyping, and stakeholder alignment to turn ambiguous briefs into measurable wins — the role at the centre of modern software teams.
- AnalysisBeginnerNew
Rescue a Stalling Scrum Team at a Series-B HealthTech
Review 8 hours of recorded ceremonies and 3 sprints of Jira data (story sizing, carry-over rate, cycle time per story, blocker tags). Diagnose the top 3 root causes (likely cand…
- Agile / Scrum Ceremonies
- Agile Metrics
- Retrospectives
Agile Methods and Practices - DesignBeginnerNew
Organizational Restructuring for a 40-Person SaaS Scale-up
Your task is to design a new organizational structure for CloudFlow. You must define clear roles, reporting lines, and cross-functional teams. Consider creating a dedicated ente…
- Organizational Design
- Change Management
- Agent Role Definition
Introduction to Business Administration - PresentationIntermediateNew
Run a Cross-Team Retrospective After a Failed Launch
Design a 3-hour structured retrospective using either Liberating Structures or Norm Kerr's 'Prime Directive' framing (assume people did the best job possible with what they knew…
- Retrospectives
- Facilitation
- Incident Analysis
Agile Methods and Practices - StrategyBeginnerNew
Agile Transformation at a Paris D2C Cosmetics Startup
Your task is to assess GlowUp's current organizational structure and leadership gaps, then propose a phased agile transformation roadmap. The plan should include specific agile …
- Agile Leadership
- Change Management
- Organizational Design
Leadership and Managerial Skills Build a verifiable portfolio.
Submissions become evidence. Reviewers with shipping experience score against a rubric; the result becomes a credential anyone can verify.
Why Ewance
- AnalysisSeniorNew
Service Strategy for a Renewable Energy Company's IT Outsourcing
Develop a service strategy for IT outsourcing. Analyze which IT services (e.g., help desk, infrastructure, application support) should be kept in-house vs. outsourced. Define se…
- Itil
- Service Strategy
- Sourcing Channels
IT Service Management - ResearchBeginnerNew
Qualitative Research for a SaaS Scale-Up's Enterprise Pivot
Your task is to design a qualitative research study for TaskFlow. Define the research questions, select a sample of 5-7 enterprise buyers (use personas provided), and create an …
- Qualitative Research
- Technical Interview Design
- Thematic Analysis
Marketing Research - StrategyIntermediateNew
Succession Strategy for a German Mittelstand Manufacturer
You are a family business consultant hired by the advisory board. Your task is to develop a 3-year succession roadmap, including a governance structure (e.g., family council, bo…
- Succession Planning
- Governance Design
- Family Dynamics
Family Business Management - StrategyBeginnerNew
IDE-Assisted Refactoring Bootcamp for a Junior Backend Team
Design a 5-day curriculum centered on 10 katas chosen for refactoring-pattern coverage (e.g., Gilded Rose for replace-conditional-with-polymorphism, Tennis kata for extract-meth…
- Refactoring
- Katas
- Ide Tooling
Refactoring and Code Smell Detection - DesignBeginnerNew
Revamping Recruitment for a Stockholm D2C Cosmetics Startup
Your task is to develop a comprehensive recruitment plan for three critical roles: a Social Media Manager, a Supply Chain Coordinator, and a Junior Product Developer. You must c…
- Recruitment
- Job Analysis
- Technical Interview Design
Human Resource Management - StrategyBeginnerNew
Design Critique Process for a Growth Design Team
Design a 60-minute weekly design-critique format covering: pre-read window, presenter prep template, time-boxed feedback rounds (start-stop-continue or 'I like, I wish, I wonder…
- Design Critique
- Facilitation
- Design Systems
User Interface Design and Prototyping - StrategyIntermediateNew
Board Composition Reform at a Family-Owned Manufacturing Firm
You are a corporate governance advisor hired by the supervisory board. Your task is to design a new board structure that includes independent directors, defines clear roles for …
- Board Structure
- Succession Planning
- Co Determination
Corporate Governance - DesignIntermediateNew
Merging Engineering and Product Teams at a SaaS Scale-Up
Your task is to propose a team integration plan for DataFlow. You need to analyze the current team dynamics, identify sources of conflict, and recommend structural changes (e.g.…
- Organizational Design
- Team Dynamics
- Conflict Resolution
Leading Change and Organizational Development
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Browse challenges aligned to your studies.
Step 02
Accept the one that fits your goals.
Step 03
Work through it with AI Copilot guidance.
Step 04
Submit for structured evaluation.
Step 05
Earn a verified credential.
Step 06
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