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A RAPID PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE
Position yourself to lead projects that don't stall.
If you've had a project stall because the sponsor was never really committed, the stakeholders weren't really enrolled, or the team was compliant but not committed, this course teaches you the work that comes before the plan. Pick the right project. Build the support to launch it. Step in as the person who leads it.
Sponsor, stakeholder, and team conversation guides you can use this week.
Build on named behavioral science. Cialdini. Kahneman. Deci and Ryan.
Eligible for PMI Power Skills PDUs.
PDU-ELIGIBLE | POWER SKILLS | THE HARDEST PDUs TO FIND
What You Get:
Course Material on-demand. Lifetime access.
Private Community for real-world peer discussion
Pre-Execution Toolkit you'll use immediately
Monthly live Q&A for 6 months with a PMP-certified expert
Founding Springboard Offer bonus
Power Skills PDUs for PMI credentials
100% Money-Back Guarantee! If it's not useful, you don't keep it.
what professional students say
Take it from the people who've worked with this system.
built by archangel operations | Operator background across medical devices | Aerospace | nuclear power | engineering | product development
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Let's start with the truth
Most projects don't fail in execution.
They fail before the kickoff.
The plan was built before the sponsor was actually aligned. Stakeholders got a CC. They were never enrolled. The team got told what to do. They were never engaged. Then everyone wonders why the project keeps stalling.
The work that decides whether a project succeeds happens before the first task lands on a Gantt chart.
That work is a learnable skill. This course teaches it.
You're not behind. The system most people are running is broken. RPM Kickstarter installs a calm, repeatable system for the foundational work of any project.
how the course thinks
FOCUS. A five-step way to choose a project worth leading.
Every other PM course starts at the plan RPM Kickstarter starts at the problem and walks you through getting from a problem worth solving to a project with the people, authority, and commitment it needs.
F
Frame the problem.
Define the problem clearly before evaluating any solution.
O
Observe signals.
Identify evidence that the problem is real and worth addressing.
C
Concentrate on vital few.
Narrow the highest-leverage opportunities.
U
Understand the value.
Assess the potential return of solving the problem.
S
Select the project.
Make a defensible, structured selection decision.
FOCUS feeds directly into your charter, your stakeholder strategy, and your kickoff. And like every course in the RPM series, the leadership layer is built in from the first lesson. It's the difference between picking a project and being picked for one.
ready to use tools
Fifteen deliverables. One per situation that decides whether a project lands.
Every lesson produces a tangible artifact. Conversation guides, structured scripts, templates, decision briefings. These are the kind of tool that you open and put to use daily.
Value Quotient
Simplify value into objective terms via equation.
FOCUS Project Selection Tool
Five linked sheets from problem statement to decision.
Project Charter
A working charter you complete with your sponsor in one sitting.
Stakeholder Register
Map who you need and where they sit on the influence and interest grid.
Mentor Identification Worksheet
Find a mentor who can both give you valid advice and advocate for your career.
Sponsorship Conversation Guide
The exact script for the conversation that earns sponsorship.
Stakeholder Enrollment Guide
Move stakeholders from CC’d to enrolled, one conversation at a time.
Team Engagement Guide
Get a team to own the outcome, not just complete the tasks.
Facilitative Leadership Quick Reference
Four-phase, nine-principle facilitation system that puts you in the lead role.
Kickoff Preparation Checklist
The checklist for the meeting most people fumble.
Kickoff Facilitation Guide
Run a kickoff that ends with alignment, not orphaned action items.
Kickoff PowerPoint Template
A ready-to-present kickoff deck. Drop in your project and run the meeting.
Facilitated Activity Templates
Ready-to-use templates for the activities you’ll run in kickoffs and working sessions.
Delegation Conversation Guide
Hand off work without losing accountability.
Decision Briefing Template
The artifact that gets a sponsor to decide instead of defer.
Fifteen tools. The course is built so the tool ships with the lesson and the lesson ships with the project you're already running.
Designed for real conversations
Named frameworks.
Applied directly to the moments where projects get won or lost.
Behavioral science carried lightly. Anchors that hold up under pressure. No jargon that gets in the way of the conversation.
Cialdini. Influence.
Pre-suasion governs what a sponsor hears before you make the ask. Commitment and consistency builds enrollment one small agreement at a time. Social proof shows up in how you reference other stakeholders’ alignment. The course teaches the exact moments to use each one.
Kahneman and Tversky.
Decision science.
Framing shapes how sponsors and stakeholders weigh your project against everything else competing for their attention. Loss aversion makes the cost of inaction more motivating than the upside of action. The course teaches you how to set the frame and where to put the weight.
Deci and Ryan. Motivation.
Self-determination theory shows that teams commit when they get autonomy, mastery, and relatedness. The course teaches you how to engineer those into the kickoff and the first weeks so the team owns the outcome.
Three more research anchors run through the course....
The Socratic effect, the IKEA effect, and identity-based influence.
You’ll know what you’re applying, why it works, and where the research comes from.
About your guide
Jim Gabriel.
Expert Operator.
Accessible Instructor.
Jim founded Archangel Operations after two decades operating across medical device development, engineering, nuclear power generation, and aerospace. Environments where projects fail visibly. Where the foundation has to be right or nothing else holds.
Rapid Project Management is the system he built across those domains, refined into a curriculum. Kickstarter is the first course in the series.
B.S. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. M.S. in Engineering Management. PMP-certified for over a decade. Background includes leading programs that have generated over $250M in new product revenue.
The voice you’ll hear in the lessons is calm, direct, and practical. You'll get direct access to his expertise as a mentor for pennies on the dollar of what clients currently pay him in consulting.
Founding Cohort
What you get when you join now.
The Kickstarter founding cohort is capped at 100 seats. Founding pricing and bonuses hold until that cap is reached or the founding window closes. Whichever comes first.
The Course
RPM Kickstarter, on-demand. Five sections. Twenty-plus lessons. Lifetime access. Fifteen deliverables built into the curriculum so you ship a tool with every lesson.
Value: $249
The Community
Gain anytime access to a community of like-minded professionals for networking, problem-solving, and endless opportunity of connection.
Value: $79
The Pre-Execution Toolkit (bonus)
A bundled, downloadable pack of every conversation guide, FOCUS sheet, template, and worksheet from the course. Designed to be used standalone on the project you’re already running.
Value: $99
Monthly live Q&A calls (bonus)
A live group Q&A call every month for your first six months. Bring the project you’re running. Ask about the sponsor who won’t commit, the stakeholder who won’t engage, the kickoff that’s next week.
Value: $150
Founding Springboard offer (bonus)
When RPM Springboard launches, founding members get 30 percent off and 7-day priority enrollment ahead of the public window. Kickstarter sets up the project. Springboard runs it
Value: $135+ at expected Springboard pricing
20 PDUs
Professional Development Units (PDUs) heavy in power skills, redeemable for any credentialing through the project management institute (PMI)
The hardest PDUs to earn
30-day money-back guarantee
Use the course on a real project. If the conversation guides, charter, and kickoff materials don’t change how you operate, email within 30 days and get every dollar back
Removes the risk entirely
Total value of the founding offer: $712+.
Founding Price: $129.
Enroll in RPM Kickstarter.
One-time payment. Lifetime access. Founding pricing while the cohort is open.
$129
After the founding window: $249
Five sections. Twenty-plus lessons. Built for 5 to 20 minute viewing windows.
Fifteen deliverables across the full pre-execution arc.
Three structured conversation guides: sponsor, stakeholders, team.
FOCUS Project Selection Tool and Project Charter included.
Kickoff PowerPoint Template and Facilitated Activity Templates, ready to use.
Pre-Execution Toolkit (founding bonus).
Monthly live Q&A calls for your first six months (founding bonus).
30% off and early access priority for RPM Springboard launch (founding bonus).
Eligible for PMI Power Skills PDUs. Certificate provided upon completion.
Lifetime access. Future updates included.
30-day money-back guarantee.
30-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
Use it on a real project. If the conversation guides, charter, and kickoff materials don't change how you operate, email within 30 days and get every dollar back.
For PMP holders
Power Skills PDUs that aren't recycled webinars.
Power Skills is the hardest PDU category to fill with quality content. Most options are generic talks from a decade ago or are not directly relevant to the PM role. RPM Kickstarter is research-grounded, applicable, and built around the conversations PMs actually have. Upon completion you receive a certificate worth 20 PDUs. The kind of recertification credit that's worth your time.
20
Professional Development Units
(PDUs for PMI Credentials)
Receive A Certificate Of Completion
Enroll in RPM Kickstarter.
One-time payment. Lifetime access. Founding pricing while the cohort is open.
$129
After the founding window: $249
Five sections. Twenty-plus lessons. Built for 5 to 20 minute viewing windows.
Fifteen deliverables across the full pre-execution arc.
Three structured conversation guides: sponsor, stakeholders, team.
FOCUS Project Selection Tool and Project Charter included.
Kickoff PowerPoint Template and Facilitated Activity Templates, ready to use.
Pre-Execution Toolkit (founding bonus).
Monthly live Q&A calls for your first six months (founding bonus).
30% off and early access priority for RPM Springboard launch (founding bonus).
Eligible for PMI Power Skills PDUs. Certificate provided upon completion.
Lifetime access. Future updates included.
30-day money-back guarantee.
30-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
Use it on a real project. If the conversation guides, charter, and kickoff materials don't change how you operate, email within 30 days and get every dollar back.
For PMP holders
Power Skills PDUs that aren't recycled webinars.
Power Skills is the hardest PDU category to fill with quality content. Most options are generic talks from a decade ago or are not directly relevant to the PM role. RPM Kickstarter is research-grounded, applicable, and built around the conversations PMs actually have. Upon completion you receive a certificate worth 20 PDUs. The kind of recertification credit that's worth your time.
20
Professional Development Units
(PDUs for PMI Credentials)
Receive A Certificate Of Completion
Frequently asked questions.
Is this a PMP prep course?
No. This isn’t certification prep. It teaches the work that PMP doesn’t cover. The pre-execution phase. Sponsorship, stakeholder enrollment, team engagement, kickoff. PMP holders earn Power Skills PDUs by completing it. If you don’t have your PMP, you can apply the PDUs you gain in this course toward obtaining your PMP. But that's about it. Most courses turn into a "pass the exam" course. This course is about leading and managing well, so you can position yourself to rapidly advance your career.
I'm not a PM. Should I still take it?
Yes. The course was designed for people running cross-functional projects without the title. Product managers, ops leads, engineers, founders. If you’re voluntold into running a project, the system works the same way whether your title is PM or not.
I'm already mid-project. Will this still help?
Yes. The course gives you a way to diagnose what’s missing in your current project foundation and close the gaps without restarting. Start with the Sponsorship Conversation Guide and the Stakeholder Enrollment Guide. You can re-anchor a project mid-stride.
How long does it take to complete?
Lessons run 5 to 20 minutes. Most students get through the full course in less than a week. The deliverables are designed to be used the same week you watch the lesson. Most people find the material relevant for on the job practice for 6 months or more. This is why we're offering the live Q&A for the first 6 months.
Is there a guarantee?
Yes. 30-day money-back. Use it on a real project. If the materials don’t change how you operate, email within 30 days for a full refund.
What's the difference between founding pricing and regular pricing?
Founding pricing holds while the founding cohort is open, capped at 100 seats. After the cap closes or the founding window ends, the course moves to its regular price band. Founding members also get the Pre-Execution Toolkit, the six months of monthly live Q&A calls, and the Springboard founding offer (discounted early enrollment) at no extra cost.
What comes after Kickstarter?
Kickstarter is the first course in the Rapid Project Management (RPM) series. Every RPM course has leadership built in. Kickstarter covers the work before kickoff. RPM Springboard picks up after kickoff and covers execution. The Leadership Ascension course goes all-in on leadership skills at scale. Most people start here regardless of where they end up.
Can my employer pay for it?
Yes. The course is an eligible professional development expense in most organizations. Send a request to your manager if it's what your policy requires. If you need a brief to send to a manager, email and we’ll provide one. [email protected]
Is there a live component to this course?
Yes. Founding members get a live group Q&A call every month for their first six months. Bring your real project and work it live. The lessons themselves are on-demand, so you can finish in less than a week and apply the tools on the project you’re already running.
Plus, Early access to rpm springboard
only a few seats left at no extra cost!
Springboard is 8 hours worth of PDUs that gives you all you need to manage projects professionally after they're kicked off. We cover all the domains, influence, & leadership together. You get tools, templates, & expert guidance along the way.
your exclusive bonuses included with enrollment
Every project leader needs the right tools and support. When you join RPM Kickstarter, you'll get these bonus resources designed to accelerate your confidence, clarity, and results.
Personalized Course materials
As an early adopter, you’ll have a direct line to influence what’s built next. You can request customized templates, examples, or bonus lessons that fit your exact project challenges and they'll be created with you in mind.
Private community access
Connect with peers and mentors who are stepping up just like you. Get real-world insights, feedback, and accountability in a supportive network built for action.
ready-to-use tools & templates
Start strong with project charters, stakeholder maps, kickoff decks, and other proven tools — all prebuilt to help you deliver results with confidence.
6 months of live Q&A
Join live sessions with a PMP-certified expert to ask questions, refine your approach, and get guidance tailored to your situation as you launch your project & take control of your career as a leader.
100% money-back guarantee
If you don't feel more confident leading projects after completing RPM, you'll get your money back. No risk - just results.
The Decision
You can keep guessing at the foundation.
Or you can build it on purpose.
The plan, this kickoff, the team. None of it works if the foundation underneath isn't right. This course gives you the foundation, the conversations, and the tools to lead the next project you touch like a 20 year pro. You'll better position yourself in the leadership role that destines you for career advancement.
30-day money-back guarantee. Lifetime access. Founding bonuses included while the cohort is open.