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BS · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 8 hours per week

Week 1

Foundations, Terminology and Scope (provisional)

  • Define in your own words each core term in Domain 1 and record it in a personal glossary

  • Distinguish the scope boundaries of the discipline from adjacent functions by writing three contrast statements

  • Map the domain's key concepts into a one-page concept diagram showing how they relate

  • Identify five real-world examples (from public sources) that illustrate each foundational concept

Your checkpoint

A 40-term personal glossary plus a one-page concept map of Domain 1, self-scored against the official outline

Week 2

Core Principles and Frameworks (provisional)

  • Summarize each major principle or framework in Domain 2 in two sentences without consulting notes

  • Compare at least three frameworks by listing where they overlap and where they conflict

  • Apply one framework to a hypothetical scenario and justify each step

  • Write ten original practice questions on Domain 2 and answer them a day later

Your checkpoint

A framework comparison table with at least three frameworks and a scored set of ten self-written questions (target 80% correct)

Week 3

Planning and Analysis (provisional)

  • Sequence the planning and analysis lifecycle into ordered steps and annotate the inputs and outputs of each

  • Practice at least five calculation or estimation style problems and show your work for each

  • Draft a one-page plan for a sample initiative covering scope, sequencing, and assumptions

  • List the ten most common planning failure modes and a mitigation for each

Your checkpoint

A completed sample plan document with assumptions log and five worked analysis problems, reviewed against a 10-point checklist

Week 4

Planning and Analysis (provisional) & Risk, Compliance and Ethics (provisional)

  • Re-solve every Domain 3 problem you missed in week 3 and log the reason for each error

  • Define each compliance and ethics concept in Domain 5 and give one example and one counterexample

  • Analyze three short published case summaries and label the risk, the control, and the ethical tension in each

  • Build a risk register with at least eight entries including likelihood, impact, owner, and response

Your checkpoint

A risk register with at least eight assessed entries plus an error log from Domain 3 practice

Week 5

Risk, Compliance and Ethics (provisional) & Execution and Operations (provisional)

  • Rank Domain 5 topics by your measured accuracy and re-study the two weakest

  • Describe the execution and operations cycle in Domain 4 and identify the handoffs between stages

  • Diagnose three hypothetical operational breakdowns and propose a corrective action for each

  • Explain how compliance obligations translate into day-to-day operational controls

Your checkpoint

A one-page execution flow diagram annotated with control points and a written diagnosis of three breakdown scenarios

Week 6

Tools, Techniques and Data (provisional) & Communication and Stakeholder Management (provisional)

  • Match each tool or technique in Domain 6 to the situation where it is and is not appropriate

  • Interpret a small dataset you construct yourself and state two defensible conclusions and two limits

  • Draft a stakeholder communication plan that names audiences, messages, channels, and cadence

  • Rewrite one technical explanation for a non-specialist audience and get feedback on clarity

Your checkpoint

A stakeholder communication plan plus a one-page analysis memo that separates findings from assumptions

Week 7

Monitoring, Review and Continuous Improvement (provisional) & Core Principles and Frameworks (provisional)

  • Design a monitoring approach with at least four indicators, thresholds, and review triggers

  • Run a structured review of your own week 3 plan and record at least five improvement actions

  • Revisit Domain 2 frameworks and connect each to a monitoring or improvement mechanism

  • Assemble a consolidated one-page summary sheet covering all eight domains

Your checkpoint

A monitoring and review template with indicators and thresholds, plus a completed self-review with five improvement actions

Week 8

Foundations, Terminology and Scope (provisional) & Core Principles and Frameworks (provisional) & Planning and Analysis (provisional) & Execution and Operations (provisional) & Risk, Compliance and Ethics (provisional) & Tools, Techniques and Data (provisional) & Communication and Stakeholder Management (provisional) & Monitoring, Review and Continuous Improvement (provisional)

  • Complete two full-length timed practice sets and record your score by domain

  • Re-study only the two domains with your lowest measured scores

  • Recite the key definitions and frameworks aloud without notes to test recall

  • Finalize your one-page summary sheet and confirm every domain has at least one entry

Your checkpoint

A domain-by-domain score report from two timed practice sets with a targeted final-week remediation list

Milestones

Week 4: Achieve at least 75% on a mixed 25-question set covering Domains 1, 2, and 3, and confirm the risk register has eight or more complete entries

Week 6: Achieve at least 75% on a mixed set covering Domains 4, 5, and 6, and confirm the communication plan and analysis memo are both complete

Week 8: Score at least 80% overall on a final timed practice set with no single domain below 70%