Overview
What this challenge is about.
Analyze CMDB, incident data & plant interviews to propose a 3-year IT roadmap for an auto supplier. Deliver a board-ready strategy & verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The supplier (around EUR 3.4B revenue, 14 plants across Europe and Mexico, OEM customers under 5-year program commitments) is racing to align IT with the EV transition while keeping ICE programs profitable.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Produce a board-ready 3-year IT strategy that consolidates a fragmented estate and ties every investment line to a measurable business outcome.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Translate a fragmented IT estate into 5 strategic themes
- Tie IT investment to measurable business outcomes
- Apply IT-portfolio rationalization to legacy plant systems
- Communicate IT strategy in CFO-defensible language
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
IT Management and Governance
Master · General Studies
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to IT Management and Governance at the Master level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- It Strategy
Apply it strategy to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- It Governance
Apply it governance to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Business It Alignment
Apply business it alignment to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Portfolio Rationalization
Apply portfolio rationalization to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Stakeholder Communication
Apply stakeholder communication to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Roadmap Planning
Apply roadmap planning to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: