Rescue a Stalling Scrum Team at a Series-B HealthTech
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Diagnose a stalling HealthTech Scrum team using Jira data and ceremony recordings, then propose a 4-sprint remediation plan. Get a verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The HealthTech (around USD 22M ARR, FDA-class software, 4 Scrum teams) is preparing for an enterprise hospital-system rollout in Q3 — the engineering manager cannot afford a team in chronic delivery debt.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Diagnose why a 9-person Scrum team's velocity has collapsed and propose a measurable 4-sprint recovery plan that does not require headcount changes.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Use sprint data to diagnose Scrum team dysfunctions
- Distinguish symptoms (low velocity) from root causes (oversized stories, dependencies)
- Design a phased remediation respecting team capacity and morale
- Communicate process change to a sceptical engineering audience
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Agile Methods and Practices
Master · Software Engineering
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Agile Methods and Practices 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.
- Scrum
Facilitate scrum ceremonies and drive sprint-based delivery in cross-functional teams.
- Agile Metrics
Apply agile metrics to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Retrospectives
Apply retrospectives to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Team Coaching
Apply team coaching to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Process Design
Apply process design 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 read flow metrics and partner on remediation are the ones engineering teams trust with roadmap commitments.
This challenge sharpens
- agile-metrics
- stakeholder-communication
- process-design