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- StrategyBeginnerNew
Migrate Glow Naturals to Dynamics 365 Business Central
Your analysis task is to turn the documented situation in the 'Glow Naturals current-state file' (CASE-001) into a defensible migration blueprint, using the legacy data sample i…
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Business Process Mapping
- Data Migration
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Spec a Voice Agent for an Airline's Disruption Support Line
You will produce a 6-page voice-agent product spec covering: (1) supported intents and out-of-scope handling, (2) handoff-to-human criteria, (3) latency and confidence threshold…
- Voice Agent Design
- Intent Design
- Metric Design
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Audit a Linux Distribution for Setuid Binary Risk
Mount the provided base image (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS derivative) and inventory all setuid + setgid binaries. For each, classify into 4 buckets: legitimately needed, replaceable with …
- Os Security
- Linux Administration
- Setuid Analysis
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Diagnose and Redesign Project Flow at Brillo Natural
Treat Brillo Natural as a field site you must study before you prescribe. Using only the internal observation notes in the case file ('brillo-observation-notes') and the launch-…
- Agile Methodologies
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Change Management
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- ResearchBeginnerNew
Run a Human-Preference Study Comparing Two Coding Assistants
Design a blinded paired-comparison study: 12 developer participants, each gets the same 8 realistic coding tasks (refactor, write a function, debug, test), each task is solved b…
- Experiment Design
- Statistical Evaluation
- Human Evaluation
AI Measurement and Evaluation - StrategyBeginnerNew
Strategy Brief on Layer-2 Choice for a Web3 Gaming Studio
Survey the three L2 categories with 2026-current numbers: per-transaction cost at expected game throughput (around 50 TPS sustained, 500 TPS event spikes), finality latency (mat…
- Layer 2 Protocols
- Blockchain Protocols
- Research
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Cash Flow Diagnosis for a Tokyo Direct-to-Consumer Skincare Startup
Working as a small team, use the two-year financial statements package (income statements and balance sheets for the financial years ending 2023 and 2024) and the founder contex…
- Cash Flow Analysis
- Ratio Analysis
- Financial Statement Interpretation
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Hedging Currency Risk for a German Exporter
You are a junior financial analyst at Mittelstand GmbH. The company has a firm order of €10 million from a US client, payable in USD in 6 months, and a £5 million order from a U…
- Currency Hedging
- Derivatives Pricing
- Risk Management
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- CodeBeginnerNew
Calibrate a Demand Forecast with Bayesian Confidence Intervals
You receive 24 months of weekly demand for 600 SKUs plus the existing XGBoost point predictions. Fit a Bayesian conformal-prediction layer (or, alternatively, a Gaussian-Process…
- Bayesian Inference
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Conformal Prediction
Probabilistic Machine Learning - DesignBeginnerNew
Scaling a Sydney D2C Cosmetics Startup's Data Pipeline
You are tasked with designing a cloud-based data pipeline for GlowUp. The pipeline must ingest real-time user events (page views, purchases, returns) from web and mobile apps, p…
- Cloud Computing
- Apache Spark
- Nosql
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Design an Internal AI-Use Policy for a Mid-Cap Bank
You receive the bank's existing IT-acceptable-use policy and a description of which AI tools are being rolled out (an internal Anthropic Claude wrapper for general use; a code-c…
- Ai Governance
- Policy Design
- Responsible Ai
AI Ethics, Fairness, and Responsible AI - ResearchBeginnerNew
Optimizing Onboarding for a Fintech App
Your task is to analyze the current onboarding flow, identify drop-off points, and propose a redesigned onboarding experience. You will use user behavior data (provided in a sim…
- User Research
- Ux Design
- Data Analysis
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Circular Packaging for a San Francisco D2C Cosmetics Brand
As a sustainability consultant, you must propose a circular packaging strategy for GlowCycle. Analyze current packaging lifecycle, identify circular options (refill, reusable, c…
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Circular Economy
- Cost Benefit Analysis
Open coursework - DesignBeginnerNew
Design a Lean ITIL Service Desk for a Cosmetics Startup
Using the support operations snapshot (support-ops-snapshot), the twelve-month ticket log (support-ticket-log), and the executive mandate (ceo-mandate-and-budget), and drawing o…
- Itil
- Service Desk
- Incident Management
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Diagnose Churn Drivers for a B2B SaaS Workflow Tool
You receive three CSV exports: 18 months of weekly product-usage events for about 1,800 accounts, the full support-ticket history, and account firmographics (industry, size, pla…
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Data Wrangling
- Feature Engineering
Applied Data Analysis and Practical Data Science - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Cost-Model a Foundation-Model API Migration
You receive: 90 days of API logs (request volume, token distributions), the customer's golden eval set of 200 prompts, the incumbent and new pricing schedules, and quality ratin…
- Cost Modeling
- Ai Strategy
- Model Evaluation
AI for Business and AI Product Management - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Reducing Inventory Costs for a Mid-Size Electronics Manufacturer
As a supply chain analyst, you must analyze CircuitPro's inventory data (provided in a simulated dataset) and propose improvements. Tasks include: classifying inventory using AB…
- Inventory Management
- Abc Analysis
- Safety Stock
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
AI Make-or-Buy Analysis for a Climate-Tech Series-B
You receive: the company's headcount and ML capability map, vendor RFP responses from 3 vendors per category, and 18-month strategic context. For each model category, build a ma…
- Ai Strategy
- Make Or Buy Analysis
- Vendor Evaluation
AI for Business and AI Product Management - AnalysisBeginnerNew
AI-Powered Customer Sentiment Analysis for a Fintech App
You will receive a dataset of 500+ anonymized app reviews and tweets. Using AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude, you must craft prompts to classify sentiment (positive, negative, ne…
- Prompt Engineering
- Sentiment Analysis
- Data Visualization
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Digital Transformation Governance for a Family-Owned Retail Chain
You are a junior strategy analyst in a consulting firm hired by the family council. Your task is to propose a governance model for digital transformation, including decision rig…
- Governance Design
- Digital Transformation
- Family Business
Family Business Management - DesignBeginnerNew
Design a Negotiation Support Tool for Climate-Tech Supplier Contracts
You will design and prototype a negotiation support tool for a single supplier contract with six issues (price per kg, delivery lead time, minimum order quantity, payment terms,…
- Negotiation Modeling
- Decision Support Systems
- Multi Issue Bargaining
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Tax Strategy for a Copenhagen D2C Cosmetics Startup
Your task is to research the EU VAT rules for cross-border e-commerce, including the One Stop Shop (OSS) scheme. You must evaluate the tax rates in Denmark, France, Italy, and S…
- Tax Analysis
- EU Vat
- Cross Border Ecommerce
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Rule on TaskFlow's Enterprise Landing Page A/B Test
Working only from the test results dataset and the test-setup brief in the provided materials, determine whether the redesigned page genuinely improves the demo-booking conversi…
- Hypothesis Testing
- A B Testing
- Chi Square Test
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Digital Banking App Feature Prioritization
You are part of the product team. Analyze the neobank's user transaction data (anonymized CSV provided), conduct a competitive analysis of similar features at eToro, Lemonade, a…
- Product Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Competitive Analysis
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