Overview
What this challenge is about.
Design a Kanban board for a platform team, run a 2-week pilot measuring flow, and deliver a rollout guide. Earn a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The startup (USD 8M ARR, 6 product squads consuming the platform) has a CTO who reads David J. Anderson religiously but has never run a Kanban rollout end-to-end himself.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Replace a failing Scrum cadence with a Kanban flow system that controls work-in-progress and protects roughly 5 platform engineers from interrupt-driven chaos.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply Kanban principles (visualize work, limit WIP, manage flow) to a real team
- Design class-of-service policies for mixed planned + interrupt work
- Measure flow metrics (cycle time, throughput, work-item age) end-to-end
- Facilitate Kanban ceremonies that serve flow, not status reporting
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Aligned coursework coming soon.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Kanban
Apply kanban to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Flow Metrics
Apply flow metrics 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.
- Facilitation
Apply facilitation to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Team Coaching
Apply team coaching 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: