Five weeks, in the order a project actually happens
Sessions follow the life cycle — Initiate, Plan, Execute & Lead, Monitor & Adapt, Close — while every one of the 26 ECO tasks stays covered.
Week 0Free0 h pre-work · 0 h applied
Week 0 — Orientation & Diagnostic
Meet the cast, tour the Project Guardian story, and take a diagnostic self-assessment across all three exam domains so your pre-work pacing is personalised. Not counted toward the 35 hours.
Story beat
Before the project starts, you meet the people you will be working with for the next five weeks — and find out where your own gaps are.
Milestone
Diagnostic report with a personalised study path.
ECO tasks
Orientation — no graded ECO tasks
Pre-workWelcome: how a flipped PMP course works20 min
Pre-workThe project: Project Guardian25 min
Pre-workPMI answer logic: how situational items really work30 min
Turn a fuzzy executive vision into a signed charter, a real stakeholder register, and a governance structure the PMO will approve.
Story beat
Layla kicks off Project Guardian with a fuzzy vision. Omar and Priya each interpret it differently, and Faisal Kim wants formal governance in place before funding releases.
Milestone
Signed charter and stakeholder register for Project Guardian.
ECO tasks
People T1, T4 (identify/analyze), T5; Business Environment T1
Pre-workDeveloping a shared vision40 min
Pre-workStakeholder identification and analysis techniques45 min
Pre-workProject governance and organizational process assets40 min
Pre-workPredictive vs. agile vs. hybrid overview35 min
Applied blockLive lab: charter, register, governance210 min
Build a critical-path schedule and a prioritised backlog, then reconcile both into one integrated hybrid plan with a shared budget and reserves.
Story beat
Omar hands you a fixed certification deadline and supplier contract terms. Priya hands you a backlog. Faisal Kim wants one integrated plan and a spend forecast.
Milestone
One integrated Project Guardian plan — baselined hardware schedule, prioritized app backlog, shared budget and reserve plan.
ECO tasks
Process T1, T2, T3, T4, T6, T8; People T8 (communication planning)
Pre-workIntegrated planning and scope decomposition50 min
Pre-workResource and financial planning, including reserves50 min
Pre-workPredictive scheduling: WBS and critical path55 min
Pre-workAgile planning: backlog, story points, iteration planning50 min
Pre-workValue-based delivery concepts35 min
Applied blockLive lab: build, then reconcile, one hybrid plan270 min
Handle real conflict in role, clarify a junior engineer's remit, negotiate a supplier contract, and plan quality where defects are safety events.
Story beat
Khalid Whitfield wants to move the launch date up and starts pressuring Priya's team directly. Sam is unsure of his role on the firmware side. The hardware supplier contract needs to be negotiated.
Milestone
Conflict resolution log, signed supplier agreement, clarified team roles.
ECO tasks
People T2, T3, T4 (execute), T6; Process T5, T7
Pre-workConflict sources and resolution strategies50 min
Pre-workLeadership styles and servant leadership40 min
Pre-workProcurement and contract types50 min
Pre-workQuality planning and cost of quality40 min
Applied blockLive lab: roleplay and negotiation240 min
Run the risk register for real, process a change request through predictive control and agile reprioritisation side by side, and report status upward.
Story beat
Dr. Obi flags a new safety regulation that affects certification. A known risk on the AI model's accuracy becomes a live issue. Khalid submits a formal change request to add a feature before launch.
Milestone
Updated risk register, one processed change request, status report to Layla and Faisal.
ECO tasks
Business Environment T2, T3, T4, T5, T8; Process T9; People T8 (status reporting)
Pre-workRisk identification and analysis techniques55 min
Pre-workCompliance categories and consequences of noncompliance40 min
Pre-workThe change control process45 min
Pre-workExternal business environment scanning35 min
Applied blockLive lab: risk, change, and a mixed mini-exam240 min
Close both workstreams properly, transfer knowledge, then sit a full timed mock exam in exam proportions and build a personal study plan from the debrief.
Story beat
Project Guardian launches. Mariam's facilities begin onboarding, Omar's hardware team transitions to operations, Priya's team wraps the final sprint, and Faisal wants a formal closure package.
Milestone
Closure package for Project Guardian; course-end assessment completed.
ECO tasks
Process T10; People T7; Business Environment T6, T7
Pre-workClosure criteria and transition readiness40 min
Pre-workLessons-learned methodology40 min
Pre-workOrganizational change impact assessment40 min
Applied blockLive lab: closure and the full mock exam240 min
