TEME case studies
TEME · Put your knowledge to work in context.
TEME is a professional certification exam delivered in a multiple-choice format. Because no official source material was supplied for this page, the domain names and weights shown elsewhere are placeholders and should be replaced with the current official outline before publication. Treat this page as a study-orientation guide, not an authoritative statement of exam policy. The credential is intended for practitioners who need to demonstrate structured, verifiable knowledge in the exam's subject area and who want a recognizable signal of competence for employers, clients, or internal promotion panels. The TEME case studies are 5 cases and about 2,944 words.
1Allocating a Thin Review Team Across Two Release Trains
You lead a 6-person review team supporting two release trains. Train A ships in 9 working days and has 41 open change requests, 12 of them touching a shared authentication module.
551 words, about 3 min2A Metric That Improved While Users Complained
A team ships a checkout flow and reports a 14% improvement in average order-completion time, from 3.1 minutes to 2.7 minutes, over four weeks. Simultaneously, support tickets about 'checkout froze' rose from 40 to 130 per week, and the abandonment rate went from 21% to 26%.
580 words, about 3 min3Estimating a Migration With Conflicting Velocity Data
You must estimate a database migration: 14 tables, 3 of them over 200 million rows, plus a cutover window. Your team's historical velocity is 34 story points per two-week sprint, but that average includes four sprints where a senior engineer was on parental leave.
610 words, about 3 min4A Safety Report Where the Data Contradicts the Narrative
You are finalizing a quarterly safety report. Adverse-event reports fell 18% quarter over quarter, and the draft narrative attributes this to a new intake triage process.
590 words, about 3 min5Choosing Between Two Vendors With Incomplete Evidence
You must select a vendor for a system handling regulated data. Vendor X scored 82/100 on your evaluation rubric, Vendor Y scored 79.
613 words, about 3 min