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Write and Publish a Research Paper

3 milestones · 24 weeks

Conduct original research and publish a paper in a peer-reviewed journal or conference.

Master Statistics for Data Analysis

5 milestones · 10 weeks

Apply descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, regression, and A/B test design to real datasets — every milestone requires working with real data and documenting the decisions, not just the calculations.

Read and Analyze Financial Statements

0 milestones · 8 weeks

Analyze the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement of 5 real public companies and produce a written analysis of each.

Pass CFA Level 1 Exam

0 milestones · 24 weeks

Pass the CFA Level 1 examination on first or second attempt. Official result notification as proof.

Complete Six Sigma Green Belt

0 milestones · 16 weeks

Pass a Six Sigma Green Belt examination and complete a DMAIC project with measurable process improvement documented.

Get Work Exhibited Publicly

0 milestones · 10 weeks

Have your creative work accepted for and displayed in a public exhibition — physical or curated digital gallery.

Pass USMLE Step 1

0 milestones · 24 weeks

Pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1. Official score report as proof.

Pass USMLE Step 2

0 milestones · 20 weeks

Pass the USMLE Step 2 CK examination. Official score report as proof.

Conduct a Competitive Industry Analysis

0 milestones · 8 weeks

Analyse a real industry using Porter's Five Forces, VRIO, or equivalent frameworks applied to a real company's actual competitive position — not a textbook example. The deliverable is a competitive analysis document covering the real industry structure, the company's genuine competitive advantages and vulnerabilities, and three real named competitors with data. Proof requires submission to at least one practitioner with relevant industry experience whose written review confirms the analysis is non-trivial and grounded in real market dynamics.

Evaluate Strategic Options for a Real Organisation

0 milestones · 10 weeks

Develop and evaluate a minimum of three genuine strategic options for a real organisation facing a specific strategic challenge — not a simulation or hypothetical. The deliverable is a strategy options memo with structured trade-off analysis, a recommendation with documented rationale, and a revision log showing that at least one reviewer with sector-relevant experience challenged the analysis and the recommendation was revised in response. Proof is the memo, the reviewer's written feedback, and the revision note.

Build a Stakeholder Map and Influence Plan

0 milestones · 8 weeks

Map the real stakeholder landscape for a real organisational decision or initiative — identifying at least five distinct stakeholder groups, their interests, influence levels, and likely stances — and develop a corresponding influence strategy. The deliverable is a stakeholder map and influence plan tied to a specific named organisation and decision context. Proof requires validation by someone who knows the organisation or sector well enough to confirm the stakeholder characterisation reflects reality.

Deliver a Strategy Presentation with Expert Q&A

0 milestones · 4 weeks

Present a strategic analysis or recommendation to a live audience of at least three people with relevant business or sector experience, and field substantive questions and objections in real time. The deliverable is an audio or video recording of the full presentation plus a documented Q&A log naming each objection raised and the answer given. Proof requires at least one verifier to confirm that the questions were genuine and not scripted, and that the presenter handled substantive challenge without preparation.

Build a Strategy Implementation Roadmap

0 milestones · 10 weeks

Translate a strategic direction into a concrete 12-month implementation plan for a real organisation — specifying milestones, accountable owners, budget assumptions, resource requirements, and a risk register with mitigation plans. The plan must be tied to a real named organisation and a specific strategic context, not a generic template. Proof requires review by a practitioner who can confirm the roadmap is grounded in the organisation's real constraints and that the budget and resource assumptions are defensible.

Map and Analyse a Real Business Process

0 milestones · 6 weeks

Map a real end-to-end operational process in full — from input to output — including every step, handoff, decision point, time measurement, and cost estimate, using standard process-mapping notation. The process must be a real one at a real organisation (not a hypothetical). The deliverable is the completed process map plus a written analysis identifying where time or cost is lost. Proof requires review by someone who works within or oversees the mapped process and can confirm the map is accurate.

Identify a Bottleneck and Propose an Improvement

0 milestones · 8 weeks

Identify a real bottleneck in a real operational process using data — time measurements, error rates, queue lengths, or throughput metrics — and propose a specific improvement with a before/after metric plan that defines what success looks like. The deliverable is a bottleneck analysis document with the supporting data and an improvement proposal with measurable targets. Proof requires review by an operations professional who can confirm that the identified bottleneck is real and the improvement proposal is technically sound.

Conduct a Supply Chain Audit

0 milestones · 10 weeks

Map the end-to-end supply chain for a real product or service — tracing materials, suppliers, logistics, and distribution — and identify at least three specific vulnerabilities or inefficiencies with supporting evidence. The audit must be grounded in real data from real suppliers or operators, and at least one supply-chain participant must be interviewed. Proof is the audit document plus documentation of the interview(s), confirming the supply chain characterisation is accurate rather than desk research alone.

Build an Operations Metrics Dashboard

0 milestones · 6 weeks

Design and build a dashboard tracking the key performance indicators of a specific real operational function — production, logistics, customer service, or similar — using real data from that function. The dashboard must make at least one non-obvious operational insight visible that was previously hidden in raw data. Proof requires validation by someone who works in the operation, confirming that the metrics captured are the ones that actually matter for managing that function and that the data is real.

Conduct Primary Market Research

0 milestones · 8 weeks

Design and execute original market research using real participants — a minimum of 15 structured consumer interviews plus a survey with at least 50 respondents — and synthesise the findings into a research report that identifies distinct market segments, key purchase drivers, and unmet needs. Proof is the research report plus the interview guides, showing real participant responses rather than fabricated data. A practitioner with marketing or consumer research experience must review the report and confirm the methodology is sound and the insights non-trivial.

Audit a Real Brand's Market Position

0 milestones · 6 weeks

Conduct a rigorous audit of a real brand's market position — covering brand positioning, visual identity, messaging consistency, customer perception, and competitive differentiation — and produce a written audit document identifying specific gaps between the intended and actual brand experience. The audit must address a real named brand using real evidence (public materials, customer reviews, competitor positioning). Proof requires submission to and review by a marketing professional who can confirm the assessment is analytically grounded rather than opinion-based.

Design a Marketing Campaign for a Real Organisation

0 milestones · 8 weeks

Design a complete marketing campaign brief for a real organisation — specifying the campaign objective, target audience, channel strategy, budget allocation, key creative direction, KPIs, and measurement plan. The brief must be for a real organisation with a real marketing challenge, not a simulation. Proof requires that the campaign brief be reviewed by a marketing practitioner before execution begins, or formally presented to the organisation's marketing leadership, with documented feedback on whether the strategy is viable.

Analyse a Real Marketing Campaign's Performance

0 milestones · 6 weeks

Conduct a rigorous retrospective analysis of a real marketing campaign using real performance data — either a campaign you ran, or a real documented campaign with published performance metrics. The analysis must identify what drove results, what failed, and what a future campaign would do differently, grounded in the actual numbers rather than speculation. Proof requires review by someone who has run a real marketing campaign and can confirm the performance attribution is sound and the conclusions non-obvious.

Analyse Consumer Behaviour Using Real Data

0 milestones · 8 weeks

Analyse the purchasing behaviour of a real consumer cohort using real data — transaction records, survey responses, observational data, or published research datasets — and produce a written analysis identifying the key behavioural drivers, segmentation patterns, and business implications. The data source must be cited and verifiable. Proof requires review by a marketing or consumer research practitioner who can confirm that the analysis goes beyond summarising the data to identifying genuinely useful strategic insight.

Build a Three-Statement Financial Model for Industry Analysis

0 milestones · 6 weeks

Build a complete, linked three-statement financial model (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement) from publicly available filings for a real company, and use it to identify the key drivers of financial performance — not merely to reconcile the statements. The model must include at least two years of historical data and a one-year projection with documented assumptions. Proof requires review by a finance professional who can confirm that the model links correctly, the projection assumptions are explicit and defensible, and the performance driver analysis is analytically sound.

Value a Real Company Using DCF or Comparable Analysis

0 milestones · 10 weeks

Perform a full valuation of a real publicly traded or recently acquired company using either a discounted cash flow model or comparable company analysis — with fully documented assumptions, sensitivity analysis showing how the valuation changes under different scenarios, and an explicit investment thesis or price target conclusion. The valuation must be for a real company using real financial data. Proof requires review by a finance professional or university finance faculty member who can confirm the methodology is technically correct and the assumptions are documented.