Foundational Challenges
Real-world scenarios at the foundational level. Earn verified credentials as you practice the work your degree prepares you for.
- ResearchFoundationalNew
Consumer Behavior Analysis for a Plant-Based Meat Alternative
Your task is to conduct a consumer behavior analysis for GreenBite's new plant-based chicken. You will design a survey (n=200), analyze results, and provide recommendations on t…
- Survey Design
- Data Analysis
- Consumer Behavior
Marketing Principles - ResearchFoundationalNew
Business Cycle Positioning for a Renewable Energy Firm
Your task is to analyze current business cycle indicators for Italy (GDP growth, unemployment, consumer confidence, interest rates) and the specific impact on residential solar …
- Business Cycle Analysis
- Leading Indicators
- Demand Forecasting
Macroeconomics - CodeFoundationalNew
Design a 7-Segment Display Controller for a Coffee-Roaster Console
Design the controller in Verilog: 4-bit BCD (binary-coded decimal) to 7-segment decoder, time-multiplexed digit refresh at 1 kHz per digit, brightness PWM input from MCU, decima…
- Verilog
- Fpga
- Digital Logic
Digital Systems Design - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Pricing Optimization for Seoul D2C Cosmetics
You are given a CSV with daily sales, price, ad spend, and competitor price for 3 products. Your task is to clean the data, run multiple linear regression to estimate demand ela…
- Linear Regression
- Hypothesis Testing
- Data Cleaning
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- DesignFoundationalNew
Optimizing Sales Cloud for a D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are a Salesforce junior consultant hired by GlowUp Brasil. Your task is to propose a Sales Cloud setup that includes lead conversion, opportunity pipeline tracking, and auto…
- Sales Cloud
- Lead Management
- Opportunity Management
Salesforce and CRM Platforms - DesignFoundationalNew
Sustainable Fashion Brand Awareness Campaign
You are a freelance marketing consultant hired by EcoThreads. Design a 1-month campaign with a budget of €20,000. The goal is to achieve 1 million impressions and 5,000 new emai…
- Guerrilla Marketing
- Social Media Strategy
- Influencer Outreach
Marketing Communication and Advertising - DesignFoundationalNew
Building an Internal Communication Strategy for a Remote Renewable Energy Firm
Your task is to create a comprehensive internal communication strategy for remote teams. Deliverables include: a communication charter (principles and channels), a monthly all-h…
- Internal Communication
- Remote Team Management
- Leadership Communication
Leadership Communication - DesignFoundationalNew
Building a Cross-Functional Team for Innovation
Your task is to create a team charter and a 3-month team development plan. You must define the team's purpose, roles, norms, and decision-making processes. Additionally, you nee…
- Team Building
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Conflict Resolution
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Strategy Analyst
Frame the business question, model the options, build the recommendation. From market sizing to competitive analysis, this role is where strategy consulting meets in-house decision-making.
- AnalysisFoundationalNew
Bookkeeping Reset for a Lisbon Specialty Coffee Roaster
Using the supplied transaction log (provided as a CSV), record each item using double-entry bookkeeping in a journal, post to a general ledger, and prepare an unadjusted trial b…
- Double Entry Bookkeeping
- Journal Entries
- Trial Balance Preparation
Financial Accounting - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Performance Evaluation of a Tech Mutual Fund
Your task is to analyze the TechGrowth Fund's monthly returns from 2019-2023, along with benchmark and risk-free rate data. You must calculate and interpret key performance meas…
- Performance Evaluation
- Sharpe Ratio
- Jensens Alpha
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management - CodeFoundationalNew
Edge Detection Pipeline for a Manufacturing QA Camera
Use a small provided dataset of around 200 part images under 3 lighting conditions. Build a classical pipeline using OpenCV: grayscale + adaptive thresholding + Canny edge detec…
- Image Processing
- Edge Detection
- Opencv
Computer Vision (Undergraduate) - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Production Planning for a Sustainable Fashion Brand
Your task is to build a linear program that decides weekly production quantities for each product line. Constraints include labor hours (max 400 hrs), machine hours (max 200 hrs…
- Linear Programming
- Optimization
- Microsoft Excel
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- DesignFoundationalNew
Kanban Rollout for a Lisbon Bakery Chain
Design a Kanban system for the catering order workflow from order intake to delivery confirmation. You must define columns, WIP limits, classes of service (e.g., same-day vs. sc…
- Kanban Boards
- Process Mapping
- Wip Limits
Agile Project Management - DesignFoundationalNew
Digital Transformation for a Legacy Luxury Hotel
Design a digital strategy for the hotel's guest experience. Constraints: no changes to the physical property; budget of €500,000; must integrate with existing PMS. Success means…
- Customer Journey Mapping
- Digital Strategy
- Service Design
Luxury Brand Management - CodeFoundationalNew
Tune a Pick-and-Place Controller for a Cosmetics Co-Packer
You receive 4 hours of logged trajectories from the existing controller (joint positions, target poses, miss/success labels) and read/write access to the controller config (YAML…
- Motion Control
- Trajectory Tuning
- Robot Kinematics
Robotics - StrategyFoundationalNew
Stakeholder Management for a Smart City Infrastructure Project
Your task is to identify all key stakeholders, analyze their interests, influence, and expectations, and propose a communication and engagement strategy. The plan should include…
- Stakeholder Management
- Communication Planning
- Conflict Resolution
Project Management - DesignFoundationalNew
Model and Normalize a Vet-Clinic SaaS Schema
Read the current schema dump (PostgreSQL, around 28 tables, heavily denormalized) and the team's 8 most common reporting queries. Produce an entity-relationship diagram from the…
- Data Modeling
- Normalization
- SQL
Introduction to Database Systems - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis for a Sustainable Fashion Brand
Using provided cost estimates (fixed costs €500K, variable cost per unit €25, selling price €80), perform a CVP analysis. Calculate break-even in units and revenue, margin of sa…
- Cvp Analysis
- Break Even Analysis
- Sensitivity & Scenario Analysis
Managerial Accounting - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Competitive Response for a Lisbon D2C Cosmetics Brand
As a junior strategy consultant, analyze GlowLisboa's competitive position. Use Porter's Five Forces to assess industry attractiveness and competitor profiling to identify key t…
- Industry Analysis
- Competitor Profiling
- Strategic Thinking
Competitive and Competitor Analysis - CodeFoundationalNew
Replace a Naive List with a Heap in a Delivery Dispatcher
Read the current dispatcher source (around 400 lines of Python). Identify the linear scan and the operations that touch it (insert, decrease-key on a re-scored courier, extract-…
- Heap Data Structure
- Complexity Analysis
- Python Or Javascript
Data Structures - AnalysisFoundationalNew
ESG Reporting Gaps for a 40-Person SaaS Scale-up
You are an ESG analyst tasked with helping DataFlow prepare for enterprise client ESG requirements. Your deliverable is a materiality matrix, a set of key ESG indicators (KPIs),…
- Materiality Assessment
- ESG Metrics
- Sustainability Reporting
ESG and Sustainability Reporting - DesignFoundationalNew
Launching a Sustainable Fashion Line with Influencer Marketing
Develop a complete influencer marketing plan: identify influencer tiers (macro, micro, nano), create a brief for influencers, propose a content strategy, and set KPIs. Include a…
- Influencer Marketing
- Campaign Planning
- Budgeting
Marketing Management - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Contractual Pitfalls for an Austin D2C Cosmetics Startup
You are a junior legal consultant hired by GlowAustin. Your task is to analyze the current informal agreement (provided as email threads), identify gaps in offer, acceptance, co…
- Contract Analysis
- Legal Writing
- Risk Assessment
Business and Commercial Law - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Production Optimization for a Sustainable Fashion Brand
You are a production analyst for EcoThreads. Given two suppliers (local and overseas) with different cost functions and carbon footprints, determine the optimal mix of productio…
- Cost Minimization
- Isoquant Isocost
- Carbon Footprint
Microeconomics
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