Case Studies
Real-world scenarios that test applied DMBOK2 knowledge. Read the scenario, then answer questions about the best approach.
Big Data and Data Science
EcomNext's Recommendation Engine and Data Science Platform
EcomNext is an e-commerce platform with 20 million active users generating 500 million clickstream events daily, 2 million transactions per day, and 5...
3 questions
UrbanTransit's Predictive Maintenance Analytics Program
UrbanTransit operates a public transportation network of 3,000 buses and 500 rail cars serving 2 million daily passengers. Equipment failures cause an...
3 questions
Data Architecture
FinServ's Data Architecture Modernization
FinServ is a financial services company with $200 billion in assets under management, operating across wealth management, asset management, and insura...
3 questions
SmartCity's IoT Data Architecture Design
SmartCity is a municipal government implementing a smart city initiative that will deploy 50,000 IoT sensors across transportation, environmental moni...
3 questions
Data Ethics
SocialPulse's Algorithmic Content Moderation Ethics
SocialPulse is a social media platform with 300 million active users generating 5 billion posts per day. The company uses AI-powered content moderatio...
3 questions
InsureAI's Algorithmic Pricing Fairness Review
InsureAI is an insurance technology company that uses machine learning to set auto insurance premiums for 5 million policyholders. The pricing model c...
3 questions
Data Governance
GlobalBank's Data Governance Transformation
GlobalBank is a multinational financial institution with 50,000 employees across 30 countries and 12 business divisions. Over the past five years, the...
3 questions
HealthFirst's Clinical Data Governance Challenge
HealthFirst is a regional healthcare network with 8 hospitals, 45 clinics, and 15,000 employees. The organization recently implemented a unified Elect...
3 questions
Data Integration and Interoperability
MergerTech's Post-Acquisition Data Integration
MergerTech, a mid-size technology company, has acquired CompetitorSoft for $500 million. The integration team must unify data from both companies with...
3 questions
HealthConnect's Patient Data Interoperability Platform
HealthConnect is a Health Information Exchange (HIE) serving a regional healthcare ecosystem of 12 hospitals, 200 physician practices, 30 laboratories...
3 questions
Data Management Process
TelecomGiant's Enterprise Data Management Program Launch
TelecomGiant is a telecommunications company with 25 million subscribers, $12 billion in annual revenue, and 40,000 employees. The company has never h...
3 questions
GovHealth's Data Management Maturity Advancement
GovHealth is a national health department responsible for managing health data for 50 million citizens. A government mandate requires all agencies to ...
3 questions
Data Modelling and Design
TechNova's Multi-Platform Data Model Modernization
TechNova is a SaaS company that has grown from a single product to a suite of five products over eight years, each developed by a separate team with i...
3 questions
LogiFreight's Data Warehouse Dimensional Design
LogiFreight is a logistics company handling 500,000 shipments daily across a network of 120 distribution centers in North America. The company is buil...
3 questions
Data Quality
RetailMax's Product Data Quality Crisis
RetailMax is a national retail chain with 800 stores and an e-commerce platform generating $4 billion in annual revenue. The company manages a product...
3 questions
MedPharm's Clinical Trial Data Quality Program
MedPharm is a pharmaceutical company conducting 35 concurrent clinical trials across 200 research sites in 15 countries. The FDA has issued a warning ...
3 questions
Data Security
CyberBank's Data Security After a Major Breach
CyberBank, a digital-first bank with 5 million customers, suffered a data breach that exposed 1.2 million customer records including names, account nu...
3 questions
GovAgency's Data Classification and Protection Program
GovAgency is a federal government agency that processes citizen tax records, social benefits applications, and census data for 100 million citizens. A...
3 questions
Data Storage and Operations
StreamMedia's Global Content Delivery Platform
StreamMedia is a video streaming service with 80 million subscribers across 45 countries. The platform stores 500 PB of video content, processes 10 bi...
3 questions
ManufacturePro's Industrial Data Lake Operations
ManufacturePro is a global manufacturer operating 35 factories with 10,000 industrial IoT sensors generating 2 TB of telemetry data daily. The company...
3 questions
Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
AeroTech's Enterprise Data Warehouse Migration to Cloud
AeroTech is an aerospace manufacturer with $6 billion in annual revenue that has operated an on-premises data warehouse for 15 years. The warehouse co...
3 questions
MegaTelco's Self-Service BI Transformation
MegaTelco is a telecommunications company with 30 million subscribers. The company's BI team of 25 analysts handles a backlog of 300 report requests w...
3 questions
Document and Content Management
LegalPro's Digital Transformation of Case Management
LegalPro is a law firm with 500 attorneys across 12 offices, handling 3,000 active cases at any time. The firm stores an estimated 15 million document...
3 questions
MedResearch's Clinical Research Document Compliance
MedResearch is a contract research organization (CRO) managing clinical trial documentation for 20 pharmaceutical sponsors across 80 active studies. E...
3 questions
Master and Reference Data Management
UniRetail's Customer Master Data Management Program
UniRetail is a retail conglomerate operating four brands: a luxury department store, a discount chain, an online marketplace, and a grocery chain. Tog...
3 questions
PharmaGlobal's Product Reference Data Harmonization
PharmaGlobal is a pharmaceutical manufacturer with operations in 40 countries, producing 800 drug products across 5,000 SKUs (different formulations, ...
3 questions
Metadata Management
InsureCorp's Enterprise Metadata Repository Initiative
InsureCorp is a major insurance company with 200 applications, 50 databases, and 12 data warehouses supporting operations in life, health, property, a...
3 questions
GovStat's Open Data Metadata Standardization
GovStat is a national statistical agency responsible for publishing 500 datasets covering economic, demographic, health, and environmental indicators....
3 questions