Fictional practice project. Use it to demonstrate your process, not to claim a client relationship, qualification, or measured business result.
The brief
Northline Studio is fictional. It wants new project inquiries organized for human review. Design a test workflow that creates one review task per valid inquiry. No automated prospect messages, production credentials, or real customer records are needed.
Your source material
SYNTHETIC INPUT RECORDS A: inquiry_id=demo-101, email=person-a@example.com, service=Presentation, brief=Refresh a 10-slide pitch B: inquiry_id=demo-101, email=person-a@example.com, service=Presentation, brief=Refresh a 10-slide pitch (duplicate event) C: inquiry_id=demo-102, email=(empty), service=Content, brief=Newsletter pilot D: inquiry_id=demo-103, email=person-b@example.com, service=Other, brief=Need help; please contact me Task fields: inquiry_id, requested service, brief, review status. Rules: missing required fields go to an exception queue; a repeated inquiry_id must not create another task; unfamiliar services get a “Needs clarification” label. Failure scenario: task system returns an error before creation. Demonstrate a bounded retry or manual recovery route without duplicating the task. All tasks remain unassigned drafts until a human reviewer acts.
Work through the project
- Describe the manual process before choosing any automation software.
- Draw validation, duplicate handling, task creation, and exception paths.
- Run the four records through a paper simulation or sandbox prototype; state which you used.
- Simulate the connection failure and record recovery behavior.
- Write a handoff with an off switch, reviewer responsibility, and a list of untested conditions.
A judgment call worth noticing
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