Beginner Challenges
Real-world scenarios at the beginner level. Earn verified credentials as you practice the work your degree prepares you for.
- DesignBeginnerNew
Smart Inventory System for Dubai Cosmetics
Your task is to design a smart inventory system for GlowDubai's warehouse. The system should use weight sensors on shelves and RFID tags on products to track inventory. Data mus…
- Iot Architecture
- Sensor Selection
- Communication Protocols
Open coursework - DesignBeginnerNew
Redesign Weekly Production Scheduling for a Munich Craft Brewery
Using the historical demand dataset, the production-constraints specification, and the current-operations snapshot provided, design a single weekly production schedule for the t…
- Process Analysis
- Capacity Planning
- Scheduling
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Pitch a Regulatory Sandbox Application for an Edtech AI Product
Read the EU AI Regulation's regulatory-sandbox provisions. Pick a member-state sandbox program (Spain, Norway-as-EEA, or a German-state pilot are publicly documented options) an…
- Regulatory Analysis
- Ai Governance
- Product Strategy
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
ESG Reporting for a Chicago D2C Cosmetics Startup
Your task is to develop a 3-page ESG reporting framework for Glow Naturals, including materiality assessment, KPIs (e.g., carbon footprint, water usage, waste reduction), and a …
- ESG Reporting
- IFRS Standards
- Financial Analysis
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- DesignBeginnerNew
Design a Retrieval Pipeline for a Climate-Research Open Archive
You receive a metadata sample (5,000 documents) plus 50 example researcher queries (mixed-language). Design a retrieval pipeline architecture that: (1) extracts and normalizes s…
- Retrieval Architecture
- Hybrid Search
- Multilingual Search
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Reducing Defect Rate in Stockholm D2C Cosmetics Production
Your task is to collect and analyze production data (provided in a simulated dataset) to identify root causes of defects. Use control charts (X-bar and R) and process capability…
- Statistical Process Control
- Process Capability Analysis
- Root Cause Analysis
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Design a Currency Hedging Policy for GlowAustin's EU and Japan Revenue
You are a junior financial analyst at GlowAustin, and the CFO has asked you to prepare a hedging proposal for the next fiscal year. Working from the provided two-year revenue-an…
- Fx Risk Management
- Financial Analysis
- Derivatives
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Trade Compliance Audit for a Post-Brexit Fashion Exporter
Working only from the operations dossier, the shipment ledger, and the audit notice you have been given, conduct a full trade compliance audit. Re-classify a sample of the brand…
- Customs Compliance
- Rules Of Origin
- Tariff Classification
Open coursework - Browse challenges
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Impact Measurement for a San Francisco D2C Cosmetics Brand
Your task is to develop a comprehensive impact measurement framework for GlowRoot. You will identify relevant metrics (e.g., carbon footprint reduction, trees planted, customer …
- Impact Measurement
- Social Return On Investment
- Data Analysis
Social Entrepreneurship and Impact - StrategyBeginnerNew
Repositioning a D2C Cosmetics Brand for Gen Z
Your task is to develop a leadership communication plan for the founder to reposition the brand. This includes a revised brand story, a key message framework for social media an…
- Storytelling
- Brand Positioning
- Audience Analysis
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Predict 30-Day Churn for a Direct-to-Consumer Cosmetics Brand
Working only from the two materials you are given (a subscriber behavior sample dataset and a one-page stakeholder brief from the head of retention), build a binary classificati…
- Python
- Scikit Learn
- Logistic Regression
Open coursework 
CodeBeginnerNewKnowledge-Graph Recommender for a Lisbon Bookstore
Using the catalog sample (catalog_sample), build a knowledge graph whose nodes are books, authors, genres, themes, eras, and awards, and whose edges capture relationships such a…
- Knowledge Representation
- Knowledge Graphs
- Python Programming
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- StrategyBeginnerNew
Simulation-Based Customer Success Staffing Plan for Flowly
Using the historical ticket log, the growth-scenarios brief, and the current-operations and service-level specification provided to you, build a discrete-event simulation of Flo…
- Simulation
- Capacity Planning
- Scenario Analysis
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Safe Expression Evaluator for a Math-Learning App
Working only from the materials provided, build a self-contained expression evaluator in Python (TypeScript is acceptable if you mirror the same structure) that never calls eval…
- Recursion
- Higher Order Functions
- Parsing
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Audit Data Quality for a Climate Tech Sensor Network
You receive 30 days of ingested sensor data (around 400 million rows) plus the sensor inventory and known maintenance windows. Define a set of data-quality expectations (null ra…
- Data Quality
- Great Expectations
- Anomaly Detection
Data Engineering and Big Data Systems - ResearchBeginnerNew
Comparative Usability Test of Three Checkout Flows for a DTC Brand
Build 3 clickable Figma prototypes of the same checkout (same product, same fields, same copy) in single-page, three-step, and side-drawer patterns. Recruit 9 participants match…
- Usability Testing
- User Research
- Comparative Evaluation
Human-Computer Interaction - AnalysisBeginnerNew
IFRS 15 Revenue Recognition for a Dubai D2C Cosmetics Startup
You are a junior accountant at Glow Naturals. The CFO needs a revenue recognition policy under IFRS 15 for three main product lines: (1) monthly subscription boxes with a free g…
- IFRS 15
- Revenue Recognition
- Contract Analysis
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Cellular IoT NB-IoT vs LTE-M Choice for Smart Metering
Define 6 evaluation axes: indoor / basement coverage (MCL / Maximum Coupling Loss target), battery life (15-year), data cadence (1 message every 4 hours), mobility (static), MNO…
- Nb Iot
- Lte M
- Cellular Iot
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Tune a Recommender for an EU Streaming Music App
Use the public Last.fm-360k or similar dataset (anonymized listening histories) as a stand-in. Implement a baseline matrix-factorization recommender, then a hybrid that adds tra…
- Recommender Systems
- Feature Engineering
- Model Evaluation
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Wake-Word Detector for a Smart-Speaker Startup
You receive a small public Japanese-speech dataset, 30 hours of recorded wake-phrase utterances from 50 volunteers, and 200 hours of background-noise recordings. Train a lightwe…
- Keyword Spotting
- Speech Recognition
- On Device Ml
Open coursework - ResearchBeginnerNew
Qualitative Research for a SaaS Scale-Up's Enterprise Pivot
Your task is to design a qualitative research study for TaskFlow. Define the research questions, select a sample of 5-7 enterprise buyers (use personas provided), and create an …
- Qualitative Research
- Interview Design
- Thematic Analysis
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Evaluate and Plan an ERP Migration for VerdeVida
Working only from the VerdeVida company dossier and the current-systems-and-requirements specification provided to you, compare the two ERP platforms described on their official…
- ERP Evaluation
- Change Management
- It Strategy
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Ship a Lightweight ML Microservice for an EdTech Reading App
You receive 3 months of session telemetry (around 50M reading events, child-anonymized). Engineer features per session window, train a small classifier (logistic regression base…
- Feature Engineering
- Model Serving
- Containerization
Applied Machine Learning - StrategyBeginnerNew
Plan TaskFlow's Enterprise Entry Against Established Rivals
Working from the TaskFlow company dossier, the enterprise win/loss deal records, and the competitor intelligence pack provided to you, build a strategy for entering the enterpri…
- Competitor Analysis
- Game Theory
- Go To Market Strategy
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