Recover a Red-RAG Enterprise Implementation Mid-Flight
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Pull 7 months of project artifacts (Jira, status reports, change requests, meeting minutes, time-tracking). Interview 6 people across the delivery team + 3 from the client side. Diagnose the top 5 root causes (likely candidates: scope creep without re-baseline, mis-staffed senior-to-junior ratio, under-estimated integration testing, communication gaps with client SMEs). Re-baseline the plan to 16 months with revised scope, staffing, and budget. Propose 3 concrete scope changes (defer / cut / phase) with rationale. Author a steering-committee deck with the recovery proposal, RAG transitions, and 4 decision asks. Deliver diagnosis memo, re-baseline plan, scope proposal, and steering deck.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Diagnose a red-RAG enterprise project and produce a fundable recovery proposal with re-baseline, scope changes, and steering-committee decision asks.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Diagnose project failure modes from artifacts + interviews
- Re-baseline a plan defensibly mid-flight without losing client trust
- Propose scope changes that the client can accept
- Communicate recovery to a steering committee with explicit decisions
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
Careers
Roles this prepares you for.
Real titles. Real skill bridges. Pick the one closest to your trajectory.
Product Manager
Product managers who can co-author scope-cut menus avoid the project death spirals where everyone wants everything kept in scope.
This challenge sharpens
- scope-management
- stakeholder-communication
- staffing