Continuous Delivery Maturity Audit for a Fintech Backend
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Audit a fintech backend's CD maturity, score teams, and map improvements to earn your verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The fintech (around EUR 65M ARR, regulated under BaFin and PSD2 (Payment Services Directive 2)) is preparing for SOC 2 Type II and wants a defensible baseline on engineering velocity before adding compliance overhead.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Audit CD maturity across 4 backend teams using DORA metrics and propose a 90-day roadmap the leadership team can fund.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Compute DORA four key metrics from real CI/CD and incident data
- Map blockers to specific CD practices (trunk-based dev, test automation, infrastructure-as-code)
- Structure a maturity audit that survives engineering scrutiny
- Build a roadmap that respects team-specific starting points
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Agile Methods and Practices
Master · Software Engineering
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Agile Methods and Practices 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.
- Continuous Delivery
Apply continuous delivery to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Dora Metrics
Apply dora metrics to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Ci Cd
Apply ci cd to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Process Design
Apply process design 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.
- Agile Metrics
Apply agile metrics 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: