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Project Management Track

A 60-day program that takes you from beginner to REVO Certified Project Coordinator. You run one project from charter to closure, and a second in Scrum sprints, producing the documents working project teams rely on.

  • Beginner level
  • Self-paced, 60 days
  • $169 one-time
Three colleagues talk through their work at a meeting table with laptops and notebooks
15modules, from project fundamentals to career launch
117lessons with a short knowledge check after each
90-120hours of total study at the recommended pace
$0extra tool cost. Almost everything runs on free plans
Who it's for

Built for people who get things organised

This track trains you for project coordinator roles, the usual first step toward junior project manager. It is an entry-level program and does not cover senior project management.

  • Total beginners who want a first remote role
  • People with a little office, admin or team-lead experience who want structure and a certificate
  • Anyone who already organises events, teams or deliveries and wants the method behind it
  • Learners in Africa first. We open globally after the first intake graduates

What you need

  • A laptop or desktop from day one.
    Jira and the scheduling tools can't be used on a phone.
  • Steady internet and a backup.
    Mobile data as a fallback is fine.
  • 1.5 to 2 hours a day.
    You choose when. The schedule suggests a pace.
  • Clear English and a logical mind.
    Admissions includes a writing test and a planning exercise.
How this track works

You learn it by running the project

Every module produces a document

Nobody gets hired for defining terms. You build the real things: a charter, a work breakdown, a schedule, a budget tracker, a risk log, a sprint plan and status reports.

One project, start to finish

You coordinate a 14-week subscription app launch for a fictional online brand, with a vendor, a budget and a nervous sponsor. Each module adds to the same project, so the pieces connect.

Hybrid, because jobs are hybrid

Scrum taught from the official Scrum Guide, Kanban for flow, and traditional planning for scope, schedule and budget. Then how real teams mix them.

Curriculum

15 modules. Two projects. 60 days.

Each module has lessons, a lab, a quiz and an AI exercise. Open a module to see what you learn and what you build.

M0 Welcome and Remote Readiness Days 1-3 · 7 lessons

Get set up to learn and work remotely, and understand the job you're training for.

  • The roles on the project management ladder, and which one a beginner gets hired into
  • A workstation that meets remote employer standards, with backup power and internet
  • Every free account the program needs

Lab: workstation self-audit, a time zone worksheet and all your accounts created.

M1 Project Fundamentals Days 4-7 · 7 lessons

Learn the language and structure of projects before touching a tool.

  • The project lifecycle and the trade-offs between scope, time and cost
  • Every role on a project and what each is accountable for
  • Choosing between waterfall, agile and hybrid for a given project

Lab: classify 12 scenarios, pick an approach for each and justify it, then write a one-page approach memo for the app launch.

M2 Initiation and Scope Days 8-12 · 9 lessons

Turn a vague request into a charter, a scope statement and a work breakdown structure.

  • A project charter a sponsor would sign
  • Scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria, including what is out of scope
  • Breaking a project into a work breakdown structure, and spotting scope creep

Lab: write the charter, scope statement and a three-level work breakdown for the app launch, then run a kickoff agenda.

M3 Schedule and Dependencies Days 13-18 · 8 lessons

Build a schedule that survives contact with reality.

  • Estimating work with three-point and analogous estimating
  • Mapping dependencies, finding the critical path and building a Gantt chart
  • Compressing a late schedule and explaining the trade-off

Lab: a schedule of 40+ tasks with dependencies, the critical path found by hand and then in a tool, a Gantt chart and a recovery plan for a two-week slip.

M4 Budget, Vendors and Resources Days 19-22 · 7 lessons

Track money and people on a project.

  • Building a project budget from estimates and tracking actuals against it
  • Running a simple procurement: brief, quotes, selection and contract basics
  • Reporting burn and forecasting the finish

Lab: build the budget, track six weeks of actuals, compare vendors for the design work and produce a burn report.

M5 Risk, Issues and Change Days 23-27 · 9 lessons

See problems coming and handle the ones that arrive.

  • A risk register with scored risks and real mitigations
  • A RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) worked every week
  • Processing a change request without blowing up the plan

Lab: build the RAID log with 12 scored risks, then process two change requests with impact assessments.

M6 Agile and Scrum Days 28-34 · 11 lessons

Run Scrum properly, using the official Scrum Guide as the source of truth.

  • The Scrum roles, events and artifacts, and what each is for
  • User stories with acceptance criteria, and a healthy backlog
  • A full sprint cycle: planning, daily, review and retrospective

Lab: build a 60-item backlog for a website project, write and estimate 15 stories, plan a sprint and run a simulated review and retrospective.

M7 Kanban and Hybrid Delivery Days 35-37 · 5 lessons

Use flow systems, and mix methods the way real teams do.

  • A Kanban board with work-in-progress limits that match the team
  • Reading cycle time, throughput and a cumulative flow diagram
  • Building a hybrid approach and defending the choice

Lab: convert the website project board to Kanban, then analyse six weeks of flow data and write what you'd change.

M8 PM Tools Lab Days 38-43 · 10 lessons

Get hands-on in the tools job posts ask for.

  • Setting up and running a project in Jira: boards, backlog, sprints, workflows and dashboards
  • Doing the same in a second tool, and touring the rest
  • A project tracker, Gantt chart and dashboard in Google Sheets

Lab: run the same project in Jira and in a second tool with two sprints of data, then record yourself running a sprint in Jira.

M9 Stakeholders, Comms and Meetings Days 44-47 · 8 lessons

Keep everyone informed, aligned and never surprised.

  • Mapping stakeholders and building a communications plan
  • Status reports people read
  • Running kickoffs, standups and sponsor updates

Lab: build the stakeholder map, RACI and comms plan, then write three weekly status reports, including one that reports a two-week slip.

M10 Leading Without Authority Days 48-49 · 6 lessons

Get work done through people who don't report to you.

  • Influencing and motivating a team you don't manage
  • Handling conflict and underperformance within your remit
  • Keeping a distributed team healthy and honest about status

Lab: work through 10 team scenarios: choose an action, justify it and compare it with the model answer.

M11 AI for Project Managers Days 50-52 · 9 lessons

Use AI across the project lifecycle without letting it invent your plan.

  • Prompting AI for charters, backlogs, risks, status reports and analysis
  • Building a project assistant loaded with project context
  • Checking AI output, and knowing what must never be delegated to it

Lab: run one week of project work through your assistant, log every error by type and write a one-page AI usage policy for a client.

M12 Measuring and Closing Days 53-54 · 6 lessons

Prove the project delivered, then close it properly.

  • Tracking the handful of metrics that matter and reporting them honestly
  • Closing a project: handover, sign-off and archive
  • A lessons-learned session that changes the next project

Lab: build the project dashboard, run the closure checklist and write the lessons-learned report.

M13 Capstone: Run a Project End to End Days 55-57 · 5 lessons

Deliver a full project under pressure and show the documents for it.

  • Every core project document, from charter to closure
  • A mid-project crisis and a scope change to react to
  • A portfolio built from your real work

Graded on the REVO PM scorecard. Pass mark 75. AI use is allowed, as on a real job, and you disclose where it helped.

M14 Career Launch Days 58-59 · 10 lessons

Turn the certificate and portfolio into interviews, and decide whether a paid certification is worth it.

  • A CV, LinkedIn profile and portfolio written for project roles
  • Project management interviews, including scenario questions
  • Choosing a certification path with the real costs in front of you

Lab: your final CV, LinkedIn profile, portfolio page and a recorded mock interview.

D60 Final exam and certification Day 60 · 60 questions

A timed, 90-minute exam of 60 questions drawn from a larger bank. Pass at 80% and meet the certificate rules below, and your REVO certificate is issued.

The capstone

Your final test is a project

Three days running a project end to end. Stakeholder emails and events arrive on a schedule, and everything you produce goes into the project folder, where it is graded.

  • Charter, scope, schedule and budget
  • A live board in Jira
  • A vendor that slips
  • A scope addition mid-project
  • Two events that need a same-day decision
  • Pass mark of 75 on the PM scorecard

The REVO PM scorecard

Eight things reviewers check across your project.

  • Plan quality
  • Data accuracy
  • Risk and issue handling
  • Change control
  • Communication
  • Judgment
  • Tool hygiene
  • Closure discipline

Some errors fail the capstone outright: reporting green when you know the project is late, accepting scope without a change request, inventing numbers in a status report, leaving a critical risk unlogged, or skipping the closure pack.

Tool stack

The tools on your CV when you finish

You create your own accounts with your own email. Almost everything runs on a free plan, so there are no trial windows to manage.

Hands-on, in depth

Deep tools

You run real project work in these.

JiraClickUp or AsanaGoogle SheetsGoogle WorkspaceChatGPT, Claude or Gemini
Guided tour and core tasks

Working knowledge

You complete the core tasks so you can pick them up fast on the job.

TrelloNotionConfluenceMiroGanttProject or ProjectLibreClockifySlackZoomLoomCanva

Product names belong to their owners. REVO is an independent training provider and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by these companies. Free plans are set by each vendor and can change. All labs use fictional projects.

Assessment

How you earn the certificate

Your final score is weighted across four kinds of work. Practical work counts for most of it.

WhatPass ruleWeight
Module quizzes80%, three attempts20%
Labs and graded assignmentsSubmitted and scored30%
Capstone project75 or higher35%
Final exam80%15%

About external certifications. You don't need one to finish this track. The Career Launch module gives you an honest cost and study-time guide to PSM I, CAPM and the Google Project Management Certificate, so you can decide for yourself. REVO does not prepare you to sit those exams.

REVO Certified Project Coordinator

To earn the certificate you need:

  • All 15 module quizzes passed
  • All graded assignments submitted
  • A capstone score of 75 or higher
  • A final exam score of 80% or higher
  • An overall weighted score of 80% or higher

Distinction is awarded at 90% overall.

Next step

Apply for the Project Management track

Applying is free and takes about 10 minutes. The fee is $169, paid once, after you're accepted.

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