Estimate and Plan a 6-Week MVP for a Local Logistics Startup
Overview
What this challenge is about.
You decompose a logistics brief into modules, estimate them with planning poker, and produce a 6-week schedule and risk register to earn a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The startup (raised USD 180K friends-and-family in CDMX) has runway for one MVP attempt — under- or over-estimating burns the company.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Estimate, schedule, and de-risk a 6-week MVP build for a 3-founder startup with one shot at runway.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply 3-point estimation to real software modules
- Sequence a 6-week schedule with realistic buffer
- Author a risk register that drives action, not just documentation
- Recommend build-vs-buy with cost + lock-in trade-offs
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.
- Estimation
Apply estimation to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Scheduling
Apply scheduling to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Risk Management
Identify, assess, and mitigate risks across business operations and projects.
- Build Vs Buy
Apply build vs buy 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.
- Mvp Scoping
Apply mvp scoping 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:
Product Manager
Product managers who can co-author a build-vs-buy memo with engineering avoid the year-one cost spirals that kill seed-stage startups.
This challenge sharpens
- build-vs-buy
- mvp-scoping
- stakeholder-communication