Free beta · for young professionals and career switchers
Practise the IoT project work your job will ask of you.
Join a fictional customer project, FrostLink, from the first meeting to the signed proposal: 18 missions, as a Sales and Solutions or a Product specialist. Free during the beta: play Mission 1 straight away, then create a free account to save your progress and continue.
One customer, six chapters, a document at the end of each
- CH1 · 3 missionsFreeDiscover the customer and the opportunityYou produce: Initial project brief
- CH2 · 3 missionsFreeSelect connectivity and SIM strategiesYou produce: Connectivity and SIM strategy
- CH3 · 3 missionsFreeDesign the business model and price the offerYou produce: Pricing proposal and commercial justification
- CH4 · 3 missionsFreeDesign the architecture and use intelligent technologyYou produce: Architecture and intelligence brief
- CH5 · 2 missionsFreeBuild security and regulatory awarenessYou produce: Preliminary security and deployment-risk assessment
- CH6 · 4 missionsFreePresent the solution and complete the projectYou produce: Customer proposal and final capstone
Why we exist
IoT projects rarely fail on technology. They fail on early calls.
The problem
Big calls, no training
Product, sales and operations people pick networks, batteries and budgets. Courses teach engineering, not these trade-offs.
Our answer
Practise on a real-shaped project
One customer, six chapters: discovery, connectivity, pricing, architecture, security and the proposal. Make the call, see the consequences, compare with an expert.
What you get
Work you can show
A portfolio of documents you produced, from the connectivity recommendation to the pricing and the customer proposal, and a skills profile. Labelled as simulation.
How you learn
10-minute missions · plain language · no engineering degree
Decide
A real situation on the project. You make the call.
See the consequences
Cost, risk and the customer react; your decision goes into the project file.
Compare with the expert
What you got right, what was missing, and what would change the answer.
Build the deliverable
Most missions end with a document for your portfolio.
Is this for you?
You work near connected products
In product, sales, project or operations. Pick the Sales and Solutions or the Product track and hold your own with engineers, vendors and finance.
You are switching into IoT
You want the vocabulary and the reasoning to talk trade-offs confidently in interviews.
Questions, answered
What is IoThingsQuest?
A simulator of real IoT project work. You join a fictional customer project, FrostLink, and work through it from the first meeting to the signed proposal: 18 missions in six chapters, as a Sales and Solutions specialist or a Product specialist. Most missions end with a document for your portfolio. Everything is explained in plain business language.
Why is it free?
IoThingsQuest is in beta. We want to learn what works and what to improve from the people who use it. Tell us on the Give feedback page or at contact@iothingsquest.com.
Do I need a technical background?
No. The missions are written for business people, students and career switchers. Technical terms are explained when they first appear, and the IoT glossary is there whenever you need a reminder.
How long does a mission take?
Most missions take 8 to 15 minutes; the final capstone takes about 30. The whole project takes about four hours. You can stop at any point and pick up where you left off.
Is it really free to start?
Yes. During the beta the whole FrostLink project is free: all 18 missions, both tracks and your portfolio. Mission 1 needs no account; to continue, create a free account, which also keeps your progress and portfolio on every device.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. IoThingsQuest is designed for phones first and works in any modern browser. There is nothing to install.
Who writes the content?
Practitioners with more than 13 years of experience in IoT connectivity. Every mission is checked for technical accuracy before it is published; its sources and assumptions are listed at the end of the mission.
How many missions are there?
The FrostLink project has 18 missions in six chapters: discover the customer, connectivity and SIM, business model and pricing, architecture with edge and AI, security and regulation, and the proposal with a capstone. There is also a free sample project, the vaccine run.
What happens if I get an answer wrong?
You see why: what your choice gets right, what it misses, the risks, and what would change the answer. Several answers can be defensible, and the feedback says so. You can try again, and you still complete the mission; answers right the first time count towards your skills profile.
Do I get a certificate?
Not at launch. Your portfolio shows the documents you produced and your skills profile shows what you have practised. They are labelled as simulation results, not a qualification.
Can my company buy access for a team?
Team plans are not available yet. If you would like IoThingsQuest for your team, write to us at contact@iothingsquest.com and we will let you know when team access opens.
This is a beta: tell us what to improve
Two minutes of your feedback shapes the next missions.
Give feedbackMission 1 takes about 8 minutes
No install, no account for Mission 1. Create a free account to keep going and save your work.
Start the project free