Foundations to practice
AI for Work: Practical & Responsible Use
Use AI for business productivity while comparing cloud, local, private-cloud and hybrid deployment choices, with human review and data controls built into the workflow.
Explore courseWEREP ACADEMY COURSE CATALOG
Learn with purpose. Practice with context.
Explore digital skills and project leadership pathways, alongside our refreshed project management foundations, delivery, and governance courses.
PEOPLE + PROCESS + TECHNOLOGY WE-REP
FIND YOUR FOCUS
Choose your learning pathway.
Explore what each area covers, who it is designed for, and where it can support your business. Confirmed cohort dates, instructors, format, prerequisites, and fees are provided before enrollment.
Choose the model. Control the workflow.
AI
Explore business AI across managed cloud APIs, local devices, private-cloud infrastructure and hybrid workflows. Compare model families, information boundaries and operational responsibilities before choosing a deployment approach.
Who it’s for
Business professionals, project coordinators, operations teams, managers, and organizations introducing AI into established ways of working.
Value for your organization
Connect adoption decisions to useful outcomes, measurable quality and realistic costs, including infrastructure, maintenance and human review. Use a smaller suitable model first and escalate only when evaluation supports the need.
Examples are model families, not endorsements or promises of current availability. Review each model version’s license and deployment requirements; open-weight does not universally mean open source. Hosting tools such as Ollama are not models, and local hosting alone does not establish privacy.
WEREP / CAPABILITY OVERVIEWAI
01Context→
02Task→
03Constraints→
04Review
Areas of focus
Cloud, local, private-cloud and hybrid deployment
GPT, Claude and Gemini API families; gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma, Granite, selected Mistral open-weight variants and Llama for self-hosting evaluation
Access, retention, network controls and human review
Smaller-model routing, caching, evaluation and cost control
Where these skills apply
- Draft and check business communications
- Summarize approved information within defined data boundaries
- Compare deployment options for an internal knowledge assistant
- Plan an evaluated pilot with usage limits and accountable owners
Cloud, local models & business AI costs ↗
Applied practice
Practical Project Delivery
Practice the planning, facilitation and follow-through that turn a project plan into coordinated daily work.
Explore courseFrom raw rows to clear decisions
Excel
Connect spreadsheet fundamentals with business modeling, AI-assisted analysis, and project controls. Explore how organized data, calculation logic, forecasts, and scenarios support decisions about cost, delivery, resources, and business performance.
Who it’s for
Operations and finance professionals, project teams, coordinators, analysts, and managers who work with spreadsheets and recurring reports.
Value for your organization
Support clearer decisions with reports that are easier to maintain, explain, and check. Build a shared approach to spreadsheet quality and reduce reliance on inconsistent manual reporting.
Available features depend on the Excel version confirmed for the cohort.
WEREP / CAPABILITY OVERVIEWExcel
| Project | Budget | Actual | Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | $8,000.00 | $6,500.00 | $1,500.00 |
| Beta | $5,000.00 | $5,400.00 | −$400.00 |
=B2-C2Areas of focus
Data structures, relationships, calculations, and model quality
AI-assisted analysis and descriptive, predictive, and optimization concepts
Financial, forecast, and what-if scenario models
Project cost, schedule, resource, risk, and portfolio reporting
Where these skills apply
- Budget, expenditure, and forecast reporting
- Project performance and resource-capacity models
- AI-assisted analysis and management summaries
EXCEL · ANALYSIS, AI & PROJECT MODELS
Build models that explain the business.
Move beyond a collection of spreadsheets to a clearer way of organizing information, testing assumptions, and communicating decisions. Explore how Excel supports business analysis, AI-assisted work, and the models behind effective project controls.
- Source recordsWhat happened?
- Data modelHow does it connect?
- Business logicWhat drives the result?
- ScenariosWhat could change?
- Decision viewWhat needs attention?
Data models
Connect business records around shared definitions. A useful model brings together sources such as projects, transactions, people, and reporting periods so that summaries answer the same question consistently.
- Core concepts
- Tables, keys, relationships, data quality, and a clear reporting grain.
- Business application
- A dependable foundation for recurring management reports.
Financial and forecasting models
Translate business assumptions into an outlook. Connect volumes, rates, timing, and costs to explain how a budget or forecast changes when the underlying assumptions change.
- Core concepts
- Inputs, calculation logic, assumptions, scenarios, sensitivity, and reconciliation.
- Business application
- A clearer basis for budgeting, planning, and explaining uncertainty.
Project and resource models
Bring scope, milestones, staffing, and expenditure into one reporting view. Connect the approved plan with current progress and the remaining work so teams can discuss priorities and delivery options.
- Core concepts
- Baselines, work packages, capacity, commitments, actuals, and estimates to complete.
- Business application
- Better visibility of delivery pressure, resource gaps, and emerging cost changes.
AI-assisted analysis
Use approved AI tools to support the interpretation and communication of workbook information. Generative assistants can help explain calculations and propose summaries; statistical models address patterns and forecasts through defined analytical methods.
- Core concepts
- Generative AI, predictive analysis, source context, validation, and human review.
- Business application
- More support for exploring information while keeping people accountable for the result.
UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF AI
Different models answer different questions.
A descriptive model explains recorded performance. A predictive model estimates an outcome using a defined method and assumptions. An optimization model compares choices within constraints such as cost or capacity. A generative AI model helps produce or interpret language, including suggested formula logic and narrative summaries.
These approaches can complement one another. The workbook should make its source information, calculations, and assumptions visible so a reviewer can understand how a conclusion was reached.
MODELS FOR PROJECT DECISIONS
Connect the plan with the current outlook.
Project models bring together the measures a delivery team needs to explain performance. The right structure depends on the project, reporting audience, and decisions being supported.
| Model | What it connects | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Cost and estimate models | Budget, commitments, actual expenditure, and remaining estimates | Understand forecast cost, variance, and the assumptions behind the outlook. |
| Milestone and delivery models | Planned dates, current forecasts, dependencies, and status | Identify upcoming decisions and communicate changes to delivery expectations. |
| Resource and capacity models | People, availability, allocation, demand, and rates | See where workloads exceed capacity and compare resourcing options. |
| Risk and contingency models | Likelihood, impact ranges, response costs, and ownership | Support a consistent discussion of exposure and proportionate responses. |
| Portfolio and prioritization models | Strategic fit, expected benefits, cost, risk, and resource demand | Compare initiatives using agreed criteria and visible trade-offs. |
Predictive, adaptive, and hybrid delivery
Predictive projects often emphasize approved baselines, milestones, and controlled changes. Adaptive teams place more emphasis on near-term priorities, capacity, feedback, and trends. Hybrid reporting brings these views together around shared business outcomes and decision points.
Excel can help communicate each approach when definitions and ownership are clear. A useful reporting model reflects how the team actually plans and measures its work.
Scenario thinking and model quality
Explore how changes in demand, cost, staffing, or timing affect the outlook. Scenario Manager, Goal Seek, and Data Tables support different forms of what-if analysis. Microsoft what-if analysis overview ↗
Good models separate assumptions from results, document key limitations, reconcile to source records, and give another person a clear route to review or maintain the workbook. AI-generated suggestions need the same checks.
Foundations to applied practice
Excel for Business: AI, Analysis & Project Models
Connect reliable spreadsheet analysis with AI-assisted work, forecasting, and project models that support clearer business decisions.
Explore courseProfessional development
PMO & Project Governance
Design proportionate oversight that helps teams surface risks, make decisions and connect delivery to organizational priorities.
Explore courseBuild the plan. Explain the variance.
Primavera P6
Develop a clearer view of how complex project schedules are structured, maintained, and communicated in Primavera P6. This pathway connects planning fundamentals with schedule control, helping professionals explain dependencies, progress, and changes to delivery expectations.
Who it’s for
Project planners, schedulers, project controls professionals, engineers, and delivery managers working with schedule-driven projects.
Value for your organization
Improve visibility of the work that drives delivery dates and support more informed conversations about progress, emerging delays, and recovery options.
P6 software licensing and access are confirmed separately; this pathway does not award Oracle certification.
WEREP / CAPABILITY OVERVIEWPrimavera P6
Design2 daysBuild3 daysTest2 daysDesign → Build → Test · sequential example
Areas of focus
Project structure, calendars, and work breakdown
Activity definition, dependencies, and schedule logic
Critical path, float, resources, and schedule quality
Baselines, progress updates, variance, and reporting
Where these skills apply
- Coordinating activities across delivery workstreams
- Comparing current schedules with agreed baselines
- Communicating milestone changes and scheduling priorities
Applied practice
Primavera P6: Planning & Schedule Control
Develop a defensible project schedule and practice updating it with clear logic, progress evidence and baseline comparisons.
Explore courseFoundations
Project Management Foundations
Take a project from a clear problem statement to a realistic plan, with visible ownership and measurable success.
Explore courseFacilitate learning and adaptation
Scrum Master
Build the understanding and facilitation skills needed to support collaborative Scrum Teams. This pathway connects Scrum principles with the day-to-day work of helping teams focus on goals, make impediments visible, and improve how they deliver value together.
Who it’s for
Aspiring Scrum Masters, agile team members, facilitators, delivery leads, and managers supporting teams that use Scrum.
Value for your organization
Support clearer team conversations, shared ownership, and more useful inspection and adaptation. Help teams connect their working practices to meaningful product outcomes.
Skills development is separate from any external Scrum certification or examination.
WEREP / CAPABILITY OVERVIEWScrum Master
To doSlice the story
In progressBuild + test
DoneMeets Definition of Done
Areas of focus
Scrum values, empiricism, and team accountabilities
Product and Sprint goals, events, and commitments
Facilitation, coaching, and impediment management
Stakeholder collaboration and continuous improvement
Where these skills apply
- Facilitating focused planning and improvement discussions
- Supporting collaboration across team and stakeholder boundaries
- Helping teams address recurring obstacles to delivery
Foundations to practice
Agile Project Management
Explore iterative delivery, feedback and adaptive planning, then compare when Scrum and other approaches fit a team’s work.
Explore courseProfessional development
Scrum Master: Facilitation & Team Practice
Practice helping a Scrum Team inspect its work, address impediments and improve collaboration using the Scrum Guide as a reference.
Explore courseBuild judgment. Prepare with purpose.
PMP
Bring structure to PMP preparation while strengthening broader project leadership and decision-making capability. This pathway connects foundational knowledge, practical delivery experience, and a focused review of predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches.
Who it’s for
Experienced project professionals, project managers, delivery leads, and coordinators considering a PMP development or examination pathway.
Value for your organization
Develop a more consistent approach to project decisions and professional development. Help experienced practitioners connect their delivery background with a structured preparation plan.
PMI determines eligibility and certification. No exam pass, qualifying hours or provider accreditation is implied.
WEREP / CAPABILITY OVERVIEWPMP
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Areas of focus
Project leadership and stakeholder engagement
Planning, delivery, risk, and change management
Predictive, agile, and hybrid delivery approaches
Exam guidance, knowledge gaps, and preparation planning
Where these skills apply
- Planning an individual project management development path
- Strengthening stakeholder and delivery decision-making
- Organizing PMP preparation around current PMI guidance
Professional development
PMP Preparation: Applied Project Judgment
Structure your PMP study around project decisions, scenario reasoning and a practical review of predictive, agile and hybrid delivery.
Explore courseApplied practice
Practical Project Delivery
Practice the planning, facilitation and follow-through that turn a project plan into coordinated daily work.
Explore courseFoundations
Project Management Foundations
Take a project from a clear problem statement to a realistic plan, with visible ownership and measurable success.
Explore courseConnect the schedule. Control the outlook.
Microsoft Project
Explore Microsoft Project desktop as a planning and control environment for schedules, resources, and delivery reporting. Connect task structure and dependencies with baselines, progress updates, and the decisions behind a credible forecast.
Who it’s for
Project managers, coordinators, planners, PMO analysts, and professionals responsible for maintaining or communicating a delivery schedule.
Value for your organization
Give teams a shared view of planned work, the activities that drive completion, and the implications of changes. Support clearer conversations about capacity, timing, and delivery commitments.
This pathway focuses on Microsoft Project desktop. Project Online retired on September 30, 2026. Product edition, licensing, software access, and any Planner-related scope are confirmed before enrollment; no Microsoft certification is awarded.
WEREP / CAPABILITY OVERVIEWMicrosoft Project
01Tasks→
02Dependencies→
03Baseline→
04Progress
Areas of focus
Work breakdown, tasks, milestones, and project calendars
Dependencies, constraints, critical path, and schedule quality
Resource assignments, workload, and cost concepts
Baselines, progress updates, variance, and stakeholder reporting
Where these skills apply
- Planning a project schedule with visible milestones and dependencies
- Comparing current forecasts with an approved baseline
- Reviewing resource pressure and communicating delivery changes
Foundations to Applied Practice
Microsoft Project: Planning & Schedule Control
Explore Microsoft Project desktop as a planning and control environment for schedules, resources, and delivery reporting. Connect task structure and dependencies with baselines, progress updates, and the decisions behind a credible forecast.
Explore courseConnect work. Keep everyone aligned.
Smartsheet
Explore Smartsheet as a shared environment for organizing work, collecting updates, and communicating delivery status. Connect structured sheets, forms, dependencies, reports, dashboards, and automation with clear ownership and review.
Who it’s for
Project coordinators, operations teams, PMO professionals, team leads, and business users who need a consistent way to collect and report shared work.
Value for your organization
Reduce fragmented status tracking by organizing shared work around consistent records and accountable owners. Give stakeholders a clearer reporting view while maintaining appropriate access and review responsibilities.
Smartsheet subscription features, permissions, automation limits, and software access are confirmed before enrollment. Skills development is separate from Smartsheet certification.
WEREP / CAPABILITY OVERVIEWSmartsheet
01Intake→
02Sheet→
03Workflow→
04Dashboard
Areas of focus
Sheet structure, column types, ownership, and update discipline
Forms, intake, shared access, and collaboration
Dependencies, milestones, Gantt views, and project settings
Reports, dashboards, alerts, approval workflows, and automation concepts
Where these skills apply
- Collecting and routing project requests through structured intake
- Coordinating actions, milestones, and recurring status updates
- Combining team reporting into management dashboards
Foundations to Applied Practice
Smartsheet: Collaborative Work Management
Explore Smartsheet as a shared environment for organizing work, collecting updates, and communicating delivery status. Connect structured sheets, forms, dependencies, reports, dashboards, and automation with clear ownership and review.
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BUILD YOUR DELIVERY FOUNDATION
Project management in practice.
Strengthen the foundations that connect planning, people, and business outcomes.
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Foundations to practice
Agile Project Management
Explore iterative delivery, feedback and adaptive planning, then compare when Scrum and other approaches fit a team’s work.
Explore course02
Professional development
PMO & Project Governance
Design proportionate oversight that helps teams surface risks, make decisions and connect delivery to organizational priorities.
Explore course03
Applied practice
Practical Project Delivery
Practice the planning, facilitation and follow-through that turn a project plan into coordinated daily work.
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Foundations
Project Management Foundations
Take a project from a clear problem statement to a realistic plan, with visible ownership and measurable success.
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