Overview
What this challenge is about.
Analyze a monolith with NDepend, identify service boundaries, and prototype extraction using the strangler-fig pattern to earn a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The broker (regulated by IVASS, 4 underwriting partners, growing 12 percent yearly) is constrained by the monolith's deploy cycle (one release every 6 weeks) and cannot ship the digital-broker portal demanded by 2 of their top-5 underwriting partners.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Decompose a 12-year-old CRM monolith into 4-6 bounded services on an 18-month plan, prototyping the first extraction with a strangler-fig pattern.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Identify service boundaries using both coupling data and business-capability analysis
- Apply the strangler-fig pattern to a real monolith with parallel writes + shadow reads
- Sequence service extractions by risk-adjusted value, not engineering preference
- Communicate a multi-year decomposition program to engineering leadership
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Enterprise and Business Software Engineering
Master · Software Engineering
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Enterprise and Business Software Engineering 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.
- Strangler Fig Pattern
Apply strangler fig pattern to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Service Decomposition
Apply service decomposition to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Csharp Programming
Apply csharp programming to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Dependency Analysis
Apply dependency analysis to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Enterprise Architecture
Apply enterprise architecture to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Domain Modeling
Apply domain modeling 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: