AIPMM CPM study plan
AIPMM CPM · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Foundations of Product Management
Define product management and distinguish it from project and program management
Map the product lifecycle stages and identify the decision gate at each stage
List the core roles and responsibilities across product, engineering, marketing, and sales
Build a personal glossary of foundational PM terminology with one-line definitions
Your checkpoint
A one-page concept map linking lifecycle stages, roles, and decision gates, plus a 25-term glossary
Foundations of Product Management & Lifecycle Management & Portfolio Strategy
Compare organizational structures (functional, matrix, product-led) and their effect on product decisions
Explain how portfolio strategy cascades into individual product roadmaps
Practice prioritizing a set of five products against strategic criteria and justify the ranking in writing
Summarize governance and stage-gate concepts in your own words
Your checkpoint
A written portfolio prioritization memo ranking five hypothetical products with stated criteria and rationale
New Product Development: Concept & Validation
Generate and screen product concepts using at least three ideation techniques
Distinguish qualitative from quantitative validation methods and select the right one per scenario
Draft a customer discovery interview script that avoids leading questions
Identify the assumptions in a concept and rank them by risk
Your checkpoint
A concept brief for one product idea including assumption-risk ranking and a 10-question discovery script
New Product Development: Concept & Validation & New Product Development: Planning & Execution
Translate validated customer needs into requirements and acceptance criteria
Build a simple market sizing estimate and state your assumptions explicitly
Draft a positioning statement and value proposition for the concept
Practice defending a go/no-go recommendation with evidence
Your checkpoint
A validation summary packet with market sizing, positioning statement, and a written go/no-go recommendation
New Product Development: Planning & Execution
Sequence a development plan across discovery, build, test, and launch phases
Define scope, schedule, and resource baselines and explain how change control works
Identify the top five risks for a launch and assign a mitigation to each
Differentiate agile, waterfall, and hybrid execution models by when each fits
Your checkpoint
A one-page development and launch plan with phase timeline, risk register, and mitigation owners
New Product Development: Planning & Execution & Lifecycle Management & Portfolio Strategy
Design launch-readiness criteria spanning product, marketing, support, and operations
Outline a post-launch measurement plan tied to defined success metrics
Explain how pricing and packaging decisions affect adoption and margin
Connect launch outcomes to lifecycle-stage transitions
Your checkpoint
A launch readiness checklist plus a post-launch metrics dashboard outline with targets
Lifecycle Management & Portfolio Strategy
Map a product's full lifecycle and identify the strategic move appropriate at each stage
Apply portfolio balancing concepts such as growth versus maintenance investment
Evaluate a make-versus-retire decision using revenue, cost, and strategic fit
Describe how roadmap governance adapts as a product matures
Your checkpoint
A lifecycle strategy brief for one product covering stage-by-stage actions and a retire/retain recommendation
Foundations of Product Management & New Product Development: Concept & Validation & New Product Development: Planning & Execution & Lifecycle Management & Portfolio Strategy
Synthesize all four domains into a single end-to-end case narrative
Complete timed practice sets and log every missed concept with a corrected note
Re-test weak areas and confirm each domain is covered at least once
Assemble a final one-page reference sheet for exam-day review
Your checkpoint
A completed end-to-end case study plus a scored practice log and one-page exam reference sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Explain the product lifecycle and portfolio prioritization aloud without notes, scoring at least 8 of 10 on a self-quiz
Week 4: Produce a defensible go/no-go recommendation with cited evidence and pass a self-graded concept validation quiz at 80% or higher
Week 6: Walk through a complete development and launch plan end to end, covering risk, readiness, and metrics
Week 8: Score 80% or higher on a full-length mixed-domain practice set and have zero unlogged missed concepts