Every PM knows how to plan a project. Almost none can hand someone the plan and prove it.
An 11-module, evidence-based system for building a project plan that survives real scrutiny, with AI doing the drafting, you doing the verifying, and Sen, the optional planning tool, connecting the threads.
Free access to Modules 1 and 8 opens on 1 December 2026. The paid course opens on 1 January 2027. Join the waiting list and we email you 48 hours before (on 30 December) so you can enrol first at the founding price.Modules 1 and 8 are free. The paid course opens on 1 January 2027. The waiting list hears 48 hours before everyone else.One-time payment · 12 months of access · 14-day refund
An intermediate-to-advanced programme for people who already know the basics
This is not an introduction to project management. It is for professionals who need to move into strategic, governance-level practice: the level where a plan has to survive a board, a funder or a client, not just a syllabus.
Working project managers
Moving from task management into strategic leadership, plus PMO analysts, coordinators and consultants who need professional artefacts to show for it, in interviews or to a client.
Certified and aspiring project managers
Who want to see how current practice applies to a complex, data-driven, real-world case rather than an exam scenario, and who want the practical layer a credential does not teach.
Programme officers, coordinators and general managers
Who present to boards and sponsors and need governance-grade documentation, not slides, often while running projects without formal PM training.
ESG, development finance and public sector professionals
Who need monitoring, evaluation and ESG built into their plans rather than added as a compliance footnote, especially in NGO, donor-funded and grant-managed programmes.
New to the field? You are welcome to join, but plan to supplement the lessons with foundational PM reading as you go. It works best when you bring a project to plan, or an idea you want to test and develop into one.
From every other AI-for-PMs course on the market
The production-line method
Cost figures, risk scores and KPIs carry through all 11 modules and have to stay internally consistent, the standard most courses skip.
The Triple Standard
Every AI draft passes through Augmentation, Verification and Integrity before it counts as done, taught explicitly, module by module.
Eight threads, one plan
Mandate, Outcomes, People, Work, Time, Money, Uncertainty and Adoption are planned together and checked against each other, not built as separate documents.
Monitoring and ESG are first-class
Module 9 builds a four-tier indicator framework, earned value and benefits realisation into the plan. Module 7 puts ESG inside the cost baseline.
AI governance is a plan section
Module 10 builds a real governance workflow and data protection protocol into the plan itself, not a disclaimer beside it.
Your assessment is not a black box
The rubric the reviewer uses, and both certificate pathways, are published before you enrol, not revealed after you have paid.
Most AI-assisted project plans do not survive the first hard question
Ask an AI to draft a business case, a schedule or a risk register and it will hand you something plausible in seconds. Plausible is not the same as defensible. The moment a CFO asks where a number came from, an ungoverned draft falls apart and takes your credibility with it. RACF verification catches that before a reviewer does.
“Stakeholder resistance is possible and should be monitored throughout the project.”
- No score, no owner, no trigger
- Could describe any project, anywhere
Drivers resist automated route recommendations (WP 1.7, Training and change management); adoption falls short of target.
- Probability 8 × Impact 9 = 72 Critical
- Mitigation: structured driver training, an escalation trigger, and an owner assigned per the RACI matrix
Applied to one real, complex case study, not a list of prompts
Most AI-for-PM courses teach with toy examples: a fictional $50K project, three generic risks, no real complexity to navigate.
Caldera Freight
A $2.4 million, multi-stakeholder route optimisation project, embedded from Module 1, not bolted on at the end.
You walk away with your own plan
- Personalised to a real project of yours
- Board-ready: built to survive real scrutiny
- Internally consistent, every number traceable
The production-line method, in five steps
Analyse
Each module opens with the Caldera Freight reference standard: the benchmark you calibrate your own project against.
Apply
Every lesson closes with an action lab: the same RACF method, applied straight to your own project.
Verify
After every AI output, a structured pass walks you through augmentation, verification and integrity before it counts as done.
Assess
Self-assess each deliverable against the module rubric. Aim for “Board Ready” or above before you move on.
Identify
Closing questions per module surface knowledge gaps early, before they compound down the line.
Real deliverables, not a mock-up
Every exhibit here is a genuine table or figure from the 111-page plan. Nothing staged, no stock photography.
Eight threads, one integrated plan
A plan fails where its parts stop agreeing. The course builds every section around the same eight threads, so scope, schedule, cost, risk and people can be traced back to one another.
Integrated project planning is the practice of building the major project planning artefacts around a shared project structure, so that scope, deliverables, activities, schedule, responsibilities, stakeholders and risks can be traced back to one another.
Mandate
Why are we doing this, why now, and who decides?
Three-tier governance, change control, problem statement, root cause analysis, business case, charter.
Modules that build this thread are highlighted.
Outcomes
What will be different, and how will we prove it?
SMART objectives, results chain, logical framework, four-tier indicators, KPIs, benefits realisation, success metrics.
Modules that build this thread are highlighted.
People
Who is affected, who owns what, and who hears what, and when?
Power-Interest Grid, weighted scoring, stakeholder register, RACI, communication matrix.
Modules that build this thread are highlighted.
Work
What will be delivered, to what standard, and what is left out?
Scope and acceptance criteria, WBS (100 per cent rule), WBS dictionary, handover plan.
Modules that build this thread are highlighted.
Time
In what order does the work happen, and which tasks cannot slip?
CPM, float, critical path, Gantt chart, network diagram.
Modules that build this thread are highlighted.
Money
What will it cost, what is held in reserve, and how is spending controlled?
Bottom-up cost baseline, risk-weighted contingency, earned value management, procurement criteria.
Modules that build this thread are highlighted.
Uncertainty
What could move the plan off course, and what have we taken on trust?
Assumptions register, probability and impact matrix, risk register with linked assumptions, escalation triggers, scenarios and signposts, pre-mortem, outside view on contingency.
Modules that build this thread are highlighted.
Adoption
Will people use what is delivered, and will it be run responsibly after handover?
Change management, AI governance workflow, regulatory watch, data protection, ESG assessment, long-term monitoring.
Modules that build this thread are highlighted.
Mandate
Why are we doing this, why now, and who decides?
Three-tier governance, change control, problem statement, root cause analysis, business case, charter.
Outcomes
What will be different, and how will we prove it?
SMART objectives, results chain, logical framework, four-tier indicators, KPIs, benefits realisation, success metrics.
People
Who is affected, who owns what, and who hears what, and when?
Power-Interest Grid, weighted scoring, stakeholder register, RACI, communication matrix.
Work
What will be delivered, to what standard, and what is left out?
Scope and acceptance criteria, WBS (100 per cent rule), WBS dictionary, handover plan.
Time
In what order does the work happen, and which tasks cannot slip?
CPM, float, critical path, Gantt chart, network diagram.
Money
What will it cost, what is held in reserve, and how is spending controlled?
Bottom-up cost baseline, risk-weighted contingency, earned value management, procurement criteria.
Uncertainty
What could move the plan off course, and what have we taken on trust?
Assumptions register, probability and impact matrix, risk register with linked assumptions, escalation triggers, scenarios and signposts, pre-mortem, outside view on contingency.
Adoption
Will people use what is delivered, and will it be run responsibly after handover?
Change management, AI governance workflow, regulatory watch, data protection, ESG assessment, long-term monitoring.
Connect the threads
Plan the links, not just the parts. A decision in one thread is checked against the threads it touches.
Prove it
Every claim, figure and assumption traces to evidence, or is flagged and tested.
Value is measured, not claimed
Define the benefit, set the baseline, and check it after delivery.
Built to last
Judge the plan by what still works after handover, for the organisation, its people and the environment.
People decide and own
AI drafts. A named person checks, decides and answers for the result.
Read the full Krong method What is integrated project planning? See a sample feedback report
Eleven modules, in the order a real plan gets built
48 lessons in total, plus a course files page. Every module builds directly onto the last, in the order a professional would sequence the work.
01Foundations: the AI-Augmented Project ManagerFree5 lessons
The shift from process administration to strategic leadership, the Triple Standard (Augmentation, Verification, Integrity), your own planning workspace, and the Caldera Freight case you carry through every module.
02Governance and problem definition5 lessons
Governance frameworks, evidence-based problem statements, root cause analysis and a structured business case that AI can help you draft but cannot verify for you.
03Stakeholders and assumptions5 lessons
The Power-Interest Grid, weighted stakeholder scoring, engagement strategies, and the assumptions register that keeps everyone honest.
04Strategy and charter3 lessons
Project value, scope and success criteria, SMART objectives, and the results chain and logical framework that tie every later deliverable to the outcome you were funded to achieve.
05Scope, WBS and work packages4 lessons
The scope statement, acceptance criteria, an AI-drafted work breakdown structure you audit against the 100 per cent rule, and the WBS dictionary that makes it usable.
06Schedule, RACI and communication4 lessons
The Critical Path Method, float, the Gantt chart, the RACI matrix that gives every task a name, and the communication plan.
07Financials, ESG and procurement5 lessons
Bottom-up cost baselining, AI-assisted estimating, risk-weighted contingency tested against the outside view, ESG assessment built into the budget, and procurement strategy.
08Risk governanceFree4 lessons
Probability-impact scoring, the risk register, mitigation, escalation triggers, named ownership, scenarios and signposts, so a risk log does not become decoration.
09Performance monitoring, EVM and dashboard5 lessons
A four-tier indicator framework, KPI monitoring, earned value management (SPI, CPI, EAC), decision dashboards and benefits realisation.
10AI governance, data ethics and change management4 lessons
An AI governance workflow, data protection protocols, privacy by design and a change management strategy for the people who have to adopt what you built.
11Final integration: the board-ready plan4 lessons
Post-deployment evaluation, operational handover, the integrated planning check against all eight threads and five principles, and the board-ready executive summary.
Do not just learn the plan. Build it live, and export it.
Sen is a browser-based planning workspace, free to explore, preloaded with the fully worked Caldera Freight case. Your schedule, earned value tracker, risk register, stakeholder grid and RACI chart become one cross-linked dataset instead of five disconnected files.
- Consistent figures. Change a number once and every section that uses it updates.
- Exports. Your plan as a document, a board deck, a workbook, or a task file for MS Project, Asana or Jira.
- Practice with planning software. The skills transfer to the tools your employer already uses.
Sen is a recommended companion, never a requirement. You can build the whole plan in the template, and the Human Audit marks the plan, not the tool. Free accounts can export one watermarked Visual Summary PDF; full exports are for enrolled students.
Why this programme exists
Most project management training teaches frameworks. Very few show practitioners what a complete, governance-grade project plan looks like in production. None build one from scratch, module by module, using a real case that carries its numbers, decisions and documents through to the end.
The gap is not theoretical. In institutional delivery it shows up as wasted budget, failed audits and stakeholder credibility that takes months to rebuild. Monitoring and evaluation is not embedded. ESG is bolted on at the end. AI tools are deployed without governance, and the documents produced are not board-ready, funder-ready or audit-ready.
This programme closes that gap, not with more frameworks but with a complete, production-ready plan that you build yourself, to the standard institutional funders, boards and external reviewers require.
Krong Academy is an independent training provider. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) or Scrum.org. PMP® and PMI-ACP® are registered marks of Project Management Institute, Inc. Professional Scrum Master™ (PSM) is a trademark of Scrum.org. These credentials describe the author only. They do not apply to this programme or its certificates.
One system. Two ways in. One standard you are held to.
Modules 1 and 8, yours to keep
- Module 1 in full: the Triple Standard, the Caldera Freight case and the project brief
- Module 8 in full: probability-impact scoring and the risk register, with the matrix workbook and the Caldera risk plan section
- The RACF prompts used in those two modules
- Free exploration of Sen
- Modules 2 to 7 and 9 to 11, the full plan framework, the other Excel models and the full RACF Guide
- Certificates, the Human Audit and full exports from Sen
The AI-Augmented Project Manager
- 11 modules and 48 lessons, built around eight planning threads and five principles
- The 111-page, board-ready Caldera Freight plan framework, built alongside you
- 6 live Excel financial and risk models
- The project brief and the 45-prompt RACF Guide
- Sen as an optional, recommended companion, with full exports for students
- Human Audit: submit three sections of your own plan and get a result on each section and a short written report from an experienced, certified project management reviewer
- Certificate of Completion when you finish all 48 lessons, and Certificate of Applied Practice when your plan meets the standard
- 12 months of access from enrolment
The paid course opens on 1 January 2027. We email the waiting list 48 hours before it opens to everyone, with the founding price and a link to enrol.14-day refund. See the terms below.
Fourteen days. Full refund. No argument.
If the programme is not for you, tell us within 14 days of enrolling and we will refund 100 per cent of what you paid, with no fee deducted.
One refund per person. Your statutory rights are not affected. The full terms are in our Terms & Conditions.
- Within 14 days of enrolling.
- Under 25% progress: fewer than 10 of the 39 lessons beyond the free Modules 1 and 8.
- No Human Audit submitted yet.
- No files requested. Asking for your files ends your 14-day refund right, because the files are the deliverable.
Anyone can finish a course. Not everyone gets read.
Everyone who finishes all 48 lessons can request a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate of Applied Practice is different: you submit real sections of your own plan, and an experienced, certified project management reviewer reads them and gives each section a result. The standard is published in full.
Certificate of Completion
Confirms you completed the programme.
- Requested once you finish lesson 48, then confirmed and emailed as a PDF
- Awarded for completing every lesson, with no exam
- Each certificate carries a unique number
Certificate of Applied Practice
Demonstrates applied professional ability.
- Reviewer-assessed, not auto-graded
- You submit three real sections of your own plan
- A result for each section (Meets the standard or Not yet) and a short written report
- Verifiable online
- Rigour
- Integration
- Application
- Professional judgement
- AI responsibility
See exactly how you are assessed before you enrol: the Certification Guide and the Human Audit Scoring Model.
Questions worth asking before you enrol
The programme
Is this for me if I am already an experienced project manager?
Yes. It assumes you know the basics. It is built for professionals who need to defend a plan or an idea in front of a board, a client or a funder, and who want AI to speed that work up without eroding the rigour behind it. The method works just as well on an idea you are still testing, for a viability decision, as on a project already under way.
My work is not logistics. Does the Caldera Freight case still apply?
Yes. Caldera Freight is the vehicle, not the point. Every module teaches a transferable method, applied to one consistent case so you see how the pieces connect. You then rebuild each one against your own project's real data.
How much time does it take?
The programme is 48 lessons across 11 modules. Most people work through it alongside a real project, a module or two a week, rather than in one sitting.
What software or tools do I need?
Internet access, a spreadsheet programme that opens .xlsx files (Excel or Google Sheets), and an AI chat tool of your choice. The programme teaches the RACF verification method, not one vendor's tool. Sen, Krong's planning tool, is optional.
Can I trust the AI-generated content in my own plan?
That is the point of the programme. You are taught to verify every AI draft against the RACF framework rather than accept it uncritically, so you catch an AI's mistakes before a stakeholder does.
Is the voice in the lessons real?
The lesson narration uses an AI-generated clone of the author's voice, made with his permission. This lets us update and re-record lessons quickly, so the content stays current as AI and project practice change fast. The scripts, the plan and the assessment standard are written by the author.
Pricing, access and refund
Why is there a free tier, and what is the catch?
No catch. Modules 1 and 8 are the full modules, not trimmed demos, including the files they use, so you can judge the depth and teaching style before paying. Free access opens on 1 December 2026.
What is the founding price?
$127 for the first 100 students, or until 31 March 2027, whichever comes first. After that the price is $297. The paid course opens on 1 January 2027. We email everyone on the waiting list 48 hours before it opens to the public, so they can enrol at the founding price first.
How long do I have access?
12 months from enrolment. You can submit your plan for a Human Audit any time in those 12 months. We send courtesy reminders at months 3, 6 and 9, but the deadline runs from enrolment whether or not a reminder reaches you.
How does the 14-day refund work?
Ask within 14 days of enrolling and we refund 100 per cent of what you paid, provided you have completed fewer than 10 of the 39 lessons beyond the free Modules 1 and 8, have not submitted a Human Audit and have not asked for your files. It is one refund per person. Your statutory rights are not affected. Full terms: Terms & Conditions.
What happens if I do not submit my plan within the 12 months?
Your right to a Human Audit for the initial submission ends with your 12-month access window. If you have not submitted by then, that right expires. Further review options and time limits are set out in the Terms. After 24 months from enrolment all rights end, and a new enrolment is required.
Certificates and assessment
Do the certificates carry professional accreditation?
No. The Certificate of Completion and the Certificate of Applied Practice are Krong Academy credentials, awarded on the terms published on this site. They are evidence of the work you have done, not an accreditation from any professional body.
Where can I see exactly how my work is assessed?
Both certificate pathways and the five-dimension rubric (Rigour, Integration, Application, Professional judgement and AI responsibility) are published in full: Certification Guide and Human Audit Scoring Model.
What does a Human Audit result look like?
You get a short report: one result per section (Meets the standard or Not yet), an overall summary, and for each section either its main strength or the change needed. Scores stay internal and results are final. If you disagree, put your reasoning into your resubmission.
What if my submission is not board-ready the first time?
You can resubmit sections marked Not yet. The Terms set out the time limits and the paid review options that follow a second Not yet.
Build the plan that survives the room
Free access opens on 1 December 2026. Join the waiting list and hear 48 hours before the paid course opens to everyone.Start with Modules 1 and 8, free. The waiting list hears 48 hours before the paid course opens.Founding price $127, then $297. 14-day refund.