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A RAPID PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE
Stop guessing. Confidently lead projects instead of chasing updates.
Done with theory? This is the hands-on system to deliver results. Rapidly.
Rapid Project Management (RPM) is the first speed learning program for project leadership: every lesson under 20 minutes, every lesson ships a tool, everything applied the same week. Get the confidence, and the exact words, to lead the way so people actually trust you and follow.
You've seen it: the sponsor vanishes after kickoff. Stakeholders never really engage. The team does the bare minimum. Before you know it, you're just providing status updates.
Sponsor, stakeholder, and team conversation guides you can use this week.
Built on named behavioral science. Cialdini. Kahneman. Deci and Ryan.
Gives you confidence to lead with techniques that gain the trust you need, and deserve.
Eligible for PMI Power Skills PDUs.
FOUNDING COHORT | 100 SEATS | JIM ON EVERY Q&A
What You Get:
Course Material on-demand. Lifetime access.
Private Community for real-world peer discussion
Tools & Templates you'll use immediately
Live Q&A with Jim for 6 months, a PMP-certified expert
Founding Springboard Offer 30% off bonus
Power Skills PDUs for PMI credentials
100% Money-Back Guarantee! Not more confident leading? Every dollar back — and you keep the toolkit.
what professional students say
Take it from the people who've worked with this system.
"I never knew how wrong I was in the way I was approaching my career. I stopped waiting to be picked. Jim had me define a problem, pitch a director, and I was leading a chartered project within 3 weeks."
"The approaches we took together were a step-by-step system that really started working. I mentored with my sponsor for just over a month before getting promoted. And the project is going well too."
"The facilitative leadership is a game changer in how I work with my team. The team is engaged and takes real ownership."
built by archangel operations | Operator background across medical devices | Aerospace | nuclear power | engineering | product development
operator experience across:
Let's start with the truth
You were hired to be more than a glorified admin.
Nobody plans for it. It happens one surrender at a time.
Handed a project with no roadmap. Somebody said "Take it and run."
Stakeholders go silent. Until something's on fire. Then it's "Status. Now."
The team nods in every meeting. Nothing moves after.
Promotion cycle comes. The one who "shows leadership" gets it. You get "keep up the great work."
Same answer at home every year: "maybe next cycle."
The way out is to LEAD
RPM Kickstarter flips every one of these.
A start-to-finish playbook; what to do, when to do it, and how.
You report before anyone asks. "Status?" turns into "how do you do that?"
Conversation guides that turn nods into commitment. Things move without you chasing.
A finished project with your name on it, on record before the next cycle.
And when the next big thing comes up, there's only one name in the room.
You don't have a PM skills gap. You have a leadership gap. And project leadership is a system you can learn. 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.
Handed a project instead of choosing one? Same system. FOCUS is how you rebuild the foundation you were never given. And how you spot the side project that gets you promoted.
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, templates, and guides
Fifteen deliverables. Each 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 when 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.
The course exists because of a pattern Jim couldn't unsee: skilled, certified project managers staying invisible for years, while the people getting promoted weren't better at managing projects. They were better at the work before the plan. The sponsor conversations. The enrollment. The kickoff that turns a compliant team into a committed one. Nobody teaches that part. Every course starts at the plan. So he built the one that starts before it.
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 founding cohort is capped at 100 seats for one reason: Jim is on every monthly Q&A call himself. Past 100, that promise breaks. Founding pricing and bonuses end when the cap is reached.
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
Personalized Course Materials (bonus)
Request templates, examples, or bonus lessons built around your exact project. Founding members shape what gets built next.
Value: $150
The Community
Gain anytime access to a community of like-minded professionals for networking, problem-solving, and endless opportunities to connect.
Value: $79
Founding Springboard offer (bonus)
When RPM Springboard launches, founding members get 30 percent off and priority enrollment ahead of the public window. Kickstarter sets up the project. Springboard runs it.
Value: $135+ at expected Springboard pricing
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
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
Monthly live Q&A calls (bonus)
Six live group sessions with Jim, the same person clients pay consulting rates to get in a room. Bring a project you’re running and get real solutions to the sponsor who won’t commit, the stakeholder who won’t engage, the kickoff that’s next week.
Value: $600
30-day money-back guarantee
Use the course on a real project. If you're not more confident leading, one email within 30 days gets every dollar back — and you keep the toolkit.
Removes the risk entirely
Total value of founding offer: $1,312+
Founding Price: $129
One promotion cycle is worth more than a hundred of these courses. That's the math that matters.
Enroll in RPM Kickstarter.
One-time payment. Lifetime access. Founding pricing while the cohort is open.
$129
After the 100-seat cap: $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
Finish the course. Use it on a real project. If you're not more confident leading, one email within 30 days gets every dollar back — and you keep the toolkit.
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
Finish the course. Use it on a real project. If you're not more confident leading, one email within 30 days gets every dollar back — and you keep the toolkit.
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. 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 you're not more confident leading, one email gets a full refund, and you keep the Pre-Execution Toolkit. We take the risk so you don't have to.
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 is reached, 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).
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.
What if I don't have a project right now?
That's exactly what the front half of the course is for. FOCUS walks you from "no project" to a chartered, sponsored project worth leading — most students identify one inside their current role in the first week. You don't wait to be picked. You pick.
How do I claim the PDUs?
You'll receive a certificate of completion for 20 hours. Log them at ccrs.pmi.org as online/digital media learning — Power Skills category. Takes about five minutes. We include step-by-step instructions inside the course.
The Decision
You can keep guessing at the foundation.
Or you can build it on purpose.
The plan, the 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. Position yourself as the leader who's so good they can't afford to pass you up.
Next promotion cycle is coming either way. The only question is whose name comes up.
30-day money-back guarantee. Lifetime access. Founding bonuses included while the cohort is open.