Estimate and Schedule a 16-Week Custom CRM for an Agency Client
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Estimate and Schedule a 16-Week Custom CRM for an Agency Client. Intermediate challenge in strategy. Developing strategies for real business problems, earn a...
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Plan, estimate, schedule, and staff a 16-week fixed-price CRM project so the agency hits the date and the budget.
This is not a case study exercise. It is the work a consultant does when a client needs a recommendation backed by evidence. That distinction matters to every hiring manager who has seen candidates recite Porter's Five Forces and none who have built a recommendation a client would actually pay for.
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Decompose a SOW into a defensible work-breakdown structure
- Apply 3-point estimation calibrated with peer review
- Build a schedule with realistic buffer and dependency-aware ordering
- Author a risk register that drives action, not documentation theatre
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Software Project Management
Master · Software Engineering
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Software Project Management 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.
- 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.
- Work Breakdown Structure
Apply work breakdown structure to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Risk Management
Identify, assess, and mitigate risks across business operations and projects.
- Staffing
Apply staffing 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.
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 WBS + milestone calendar prevent the scope drift that kills fixed-price engagements.
This challenge sharpens
- work-breakdown-structure
- scheduling
- stakeholder-communication