Tech Tempest®
Eight ancient civilisations. One modern contract. Hudson Hanseatic Bank is building a digital bank from scratch — and your team is pitching to win it.
At the end, the Tempest arrives.
Only one team walks away with the contract.
An educational simulation by SHIFT127
Eight ancient civilisations. One modern contract. Hudson Hanseatic Bank is building a digital bank from scratch — and your team is pitching to win it.
At the end, the Tempest arrives.
Only one team walks away with the contract.
Eight teams. Eight identities. One contract.
The Merchant is always present. Choose three more.
A council of four. The Merchant is mandatory — they speak for you when the bank visits. Choose three others to complete the council.
Council submitted. Stand by for the bank's first brief.
The Blueprint begins next — choosing what to build and why. The bank will call you when it's ready.
Your blueprint is locked. Now build the bid.
"Show us how you'd deliver our vision — and what trade-offs you'd recommend." — Hudson Hanseatic Bank
200K new customers/year → 1M active users by Year 5.
Every bid starts from a baseline — the safest, most expensive configuration. NYC delivery, Cloud-Native infrastructure, no discount. This is what it costs if you change nothing.
Velocity measures how many effort points your team can deliver in one release. If total effort exceeds velocity, features must wait for R2 or R3. Your location and infrastructure choices change your velocity.
"We're looking for the best combination of innovation, risk management, and value. Don't assume the lowest bid wins."
The bank has never contracted a full NYC-rate engagement at this scale. The baseline is too expensive — but you have four levers to find the right balance.
Tap a city. Cost, velocity, and risk — every choice has a trade-off.
| City | Cost | Velocity | Timezone | Risk |
|---|
Where your code runs shapes cost, speed, and risk for the next five years.
Software ships in releases. Your velocity determines how much fits in each one.
| Feature | R1 | R2 | R3 |
|---|
Your final price is expressed as a 5-Year TCOTotal Cost of Ownership — everything the client pays over five years, including building the platform, maintaining it, and running the servers.. Hudson Hanseatic has not disclosed their budget — you're competing against the other teams.
Your TCO includes 15% contingency. The Risk Committee now prices strategic risk — five decisions you made.
The facilitator will work through partnerships next. Stay with your team — there will be a moment to choose alliances.