Is this an official PMI document?

No. The Roadmap is an independent practice tool. It is not a PMI product and has not been reviewed or approved by PMI.

Does the Roadmap replace the PMI material?

No. It reproduces no PMI content. You still need the official PMI material, and PMI requires you to complete the PMI-CPMAI Exam Prep Course before you book the exam.

Is it based on the ECO 2025?

Yes. The workbook covers every task of the PMI Exam Content Outline 2025 at least once.

Yes, for as long as your membership runs. New versions appear in the same place in the community.

Do I need the coaching to use it?

No. Every membership includes the Roadmap, whether or not you take part in the coaching. The coaching uses it as its working tool.

CPMAI Practitioner's Roadmap

One workbook that shows where every ECO task happens in a CPMAI project.

You use it to prepare for the scenario questions of the exam and as an executable checklist for real AI projects.

The Roadmap appears in the CPMAI area of the community soon. Members get it there first.

See the membership Notify me

By Henri Kuijl and Markus Kopko

One method, described three different ways

The learning material, the phase overview and the PMI Exam Content Outline 2025 describe the same method. They do not share a structure. The learning material works in phases, the exam in 5 domains and 37 tasks.

Learning material

Works in phases

Business Understanding
Data Understanding
Data Preparation
Model Development
Model Evaluation
Model Operationalization

You translate each time

Exam

Works in domains and tasks

Domain I, 5 tasks
Domain II, 10 tasks
Domain III, 9 tasks
Domain IV, 6 tasks
Domain V, 7 tasks

5 domains, 37 tasks

Whoever moves between them has to translate each time. That costs study time. In the exam it costs points, because a scenario question describes a situation and expects you to know which task it belongs to.

Each structure does its own job well. What is missing is a mapping between them, and that is what the Roadmap provides.

What is inside

Four parts that you use side by side.

Mapping of domains and phases
What it is
It maps the 5 ECO domains onto the 6 CPMAI phases, in both directions. Domain I runs across every phase.
What you use it for
You see at once which phase a task belongs to and which tasks a phase covers.
Phase roadmap
What it is
For each phase the goal, task groups, tasks, artefacts, guiding questions and the reference to ECO domain and task. The workbook covers every ECO task at least once. It also adds what the ECO names and the learning material treats lightly. That includes the business case, the draft AI solution, change management and adoption, the transition plan and the contingency plan.
What you use it for
You plan a phase from it or check that nothing is missing.
Go/no-go checklists and loop-backs
What it is
A checklist for every phase and named triggers for going back. Each one says when, why and to which earlier phase a project iterates, with the corrective action.
What you use it for
You decide at each gate with criteria rather than by feel.
Data pipelines
What it is
A comparison of training and inference pipelines, batch and streaming, plus methods for data quality, cleaning, enhancement and labelling.
What you use it for
You plan the data work before it holds up the project.

The structure at a glance

The 6 phases form the columns, the 5 ECO domains the bands. Domain I runs across every phase. The other bands show where each domain has its focus.

Phase 1Business Understanding

Phase 2Data Understanding

Phase 3Data Preparation

Phase 4Model Development

Phase 5Model Evaluation

Phase 6Model Operationalization

Domain ISupport Responsible and Trustworthy AI Efforts

Across all phases

Domain IIIdentify Business Needs and Solutions

Focus

Domain IIIIdentify Data Needs

Focus

Domain IVManage AI Model Development and Evaluation

Focus

Domain VOperationalize AI Solution

Focus

123456

Domain I

Domain II

Domain III

Domain IV

Domain V

1 Business Understanding
2 Data Understanding
3 Data Preparation
4 Model Development
5 Model Evaluation
6 Model Operationalization

Focus of each ECO domain across the 6 CPMAI phases
ECO domain	Focus
Domain I, Support Responsible and Trustworthy AI Efforts	Across all phases
Domain II, Identify Business Needs and Solutions	Business Understanding
Domain III, Identify Data Needs	Data Understanding, Data Preparation
Domain IV, Manage AI Model Development and Evaluation	Model Development, Model Evaluation
Domain V, Operationalize AI Solution	Model Operationalization

Schematic view of where each domain has its focus. The workbook maps every task individually.

Two ways to use it

01
Exam preparation
The exam thinks in domains and tasks, the learning material in phases. The Roadmap shows for each task where it happens in a project, which makes scenario questions readable.
- Find the task behind a scenario question
- See which tasks you have not worked through yet
- Revise by domain without losing the phase context
1. Scenario question
2. ECO task
3. Phase in the project
02
Project practice
The Roadmap is an executable checklist for real AI initiatives.
- Artefacts and guiding questions for every phase
- Go/no-go gates with clear criteria
- Named triggers for going back, with the corrective action
Phase
Go/no-go gate
- Go: next phase
- No-go: back to an earlier phase, with the corrective action

How you use it in the coaching

Domain IWeek 2Across all phases
Domain IIWeeks 3 and 4Focus: Business Understanding
Domain IIIWeeks 5 and 6Focus: Data Understanding, Data Preparation
Domain IVWeek 8Focus: Model Development, Model Evaluation
Domain VWeek 9Focus: Model Operationalization

The list leaves out the kickoff, 3 practice sessions and the exam prep.

In the 12-week PMI-CPMAI coaching the Roadmap is the working tool. Each domain session works on the tasks of one domain, and the Roadmap shows where they sit in a project.

The next cycle starts on 11 November 2026.

About the PMI-CPMAI Coaching Program

The authors

Henri Kuijl
Co-author. Built the structure and logic of the workbook.
Markus Kopko
Co-author. Brings the training pedagogy and the alignment with the ECO 2025.

Access

The Roadmap is part of every PM Career OS membership. It appears in the CPMAI area of the community, and members get it there first. There is no separate price and no download on this website.

With the membership you get

The Excel workbook as soon as it appears
Updates for as long as your membership runs
Every other area of the community, including the PMI-CPMAI coaching and the exam simulators

Membership

New members currently join at Level 1 for 9.99 EUR per month.

Monthly, cancel any time.

See the membership

How membership pricing works

Notify me when it appears

If you are not a member yet, leave your email address. We let you know when the Roadmap appears.

Questions about the Roadmap

Phases and tasks in one place

The Roadmap appears in the CPMAI area of the community. Join the membership and you get it there first.

See the membership Notify me

Independence and trademarks

The CPMAI Practitioner's Roadmap is an independent practice tool by Henri Kuijl and Markus Kopko. It is not a PMI product and has not been reviewed or approved by PMI. It reproduces no PMI slides, workbook text or exam questions.

PMI and the names of PMI credentials and products are marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. This page uses them only to name the exam the Roadmap prepares for.

CPMAI Practitioner's Roadmap

One workbook that shows where every ECO task happens in a CPMAI project.

You use it to prepare for the scenario questions of the exam and as an executable checklist for real AI projects.

The Roadmap appears in the CPMAI area of the community soon. Members get it there first.

See the membership Notify me

By Henri Kuijl and Markus Kopko

One method, described three different ways

Learning material

Works in phases

Business Understanding
Data Understanding
Data Preparation
Model Development
Model Evaluation
Model Operationalization

You translate each time

Exam

Works in domains and tasks

Domain I, 5 tasks
Domain II, 10 tasks
Domain III, 9 tasks
Domain IV, 6 tasks
Domain V, 7 tasks

5 domains, 37 tasks

Each structure does its own job well. What is missing is a mapping between them, and that is what the Roadmap provides.

What is inside

Four parts that you use side by side.

Mapping of domains and phases
What it is
It maps the 5 ECO domains onto the 6 CPMAI phases, in both directions. Domain I runs across every phase.
What you use it for
You see at once which phase a task belongs to and which tasks a phase covers.
Phase roadmap
What it is
For each phase the goal, task groups, tasks, artefacts, guiding questions and the reference to ECO domain and task. The workbook covers every ECO task at least once. It also adds what the ECO names and the learning material treats lightly. That includes the business case, the draft AI solution, change management and adoption, the transition plan and the contingency plan.
What you use it for
You plan a phase from it or check that nothing is missing.
Go/no-go checklists and loop-backs
What it is
A checklist for every phase and named triggers for going back. Each one says when, why and to which earlier phase a project iterates, with the corrective action.
What you use it for
You decide at each gate with criteria rather than by feel.
Data pipelines
What it is
A comparison of training and inference pipelines, batch and streaming, plus methods for data quality, cleaning, enhancement and labelling.
What you use it for
You plan the data work before it holds up the project.

The structure at a glance

The 6 phases form the columns, the 5 ECO domains the bands. Domain I runs across every phase. The other bands show where each domain has its focus.

Phase 1Business Understanding

Phase 2Data Understanding

Phase 3Data Preparation

Phase 4Model Development

Phase 5Model Evaluation

Phase 6Model Operationalization

Domain ISupport Responsible and Trustworthy AI Efforts

Across all phases

Domain IIIdentify Business Needs and Solutions

Focus

Domain IIIIdentify Data Needs

Focus

Domain IVManage AI Model Development and Evaluation

Focus

Domain VOperationalize AI Solution

Focus

123456

Domain I

Domain II

Domain III

Domain IV

Domain V

1 Business Understanding
2 Data Understanding
3 Data Preparation
4 Model Development
5 Model Evaluation
6 Model Operationalization

Focus of each ECO domain across the 6 CPMAI phases
ECO domain	Focus
Domain I, Support Responsible and Trustworthy AI Efforts	Across all phases
Domain II, Identify Business Needs and Solutions	Business Understanding
Domain III, Identify Data Needs	Data Understanding, Data Preparation
Domain IV, Manage AI Model Development and Evaluation	Model Development, Model Evaluation
Domain V, Operationalize AI Solution	Model Operationalization

Schematic view of where each domain has its focus. The workbook maps every task individually.

Two ways to use it

01
Exam preparation
The exam thinks in domains and tasks, the learning material in phases. The Roadmap shows for each task where it happens in a project, which makes scenario questions readable.
- Find the task behind a scenario question
- See which tasks you have not worked through yet
- Revise by domain without losing the phase context
1. Scenario question
2. ECO task
3. Phase in the project
02
Project practice
The Roadmap is an executable checklist for real AI initiatives.
- Artefacts and guiding questions for every phase
- Go/no-go gates with clear criteria
- Named triggers for going back, with the corrective action
Phase
Go/no-go gate
- Go: next phase
- No-go: back to an earlier phase, with the corrective action

How you use it in the coaching

Domain IWeek 2Across all phases
Domain IIWeeks 3 and 4Focus: Business Understanding
Domain IIIWeeks 5 and 6Focus: Data Understanding, Data Preparation
Domain IVWeek 8Focus: Model Development, Model Evaluation
Domain VWeek 9Focus: Model Operationalization

The list leaves out the kickoff, 3 practice sessions and the exam prep.

In the 12-week PMI-CPMAI coaching the Roadmap is the working tool. Each domain session works on the tasks of one domain, and the Roadmap shows where they sit in a project.

The next cycle starts on 11 November 2026.

About the PMI-CPMAI Coaching Program

The authors

Henri Kuijl
Co-author. Built the structure and logic of the workbook.
Markus Kopko
Co-author. Brings the training pedagogy and the alignment with the ECO 2025.

Access

The Roadmap is part of every PM Career OS membership. It appears in the CPMAI area of the community, and members get it there first. There is no separate price and no download on this website.

With the membership you get

The Excel workbook as soon as it appears
Updates for as long as your membership runs
Every other area of the community, including the PMI-CPMAI coaching and the exam simulators

Membership

New members currently join at Level 1 for 9.99 EUR per month.

Monthly, cancel any time.

See the membership

How membership pricing works

Notify me when it appears

If you are not a member yet, leave your email address. We let you know when the Roadmap appears.

Questions about the Roadmap

Phases and tasks in one place

The Roadmap appears in the CPMAI area of the community. Join the membership and you get it there first.

See the membership Notify me

Independence and trademarks

PMI and the names of PMI credentials and products are marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. This page uses them only to name the exam the Roadmap prepares for.

One workbook that shows where every ECO task happens in a CPMAI project.

One method, described three different ways

What is inside

Mapping of domains and phases

Phase roadmap

Go/no-go checklists and loop-backs

Data pipelines

The structure at a glance

Two ways to use it

Exam preparation

Project practice

How you use it in the coaching

The authors

Henri Kuijl

Markus Kopko

Access

With the membership you get

Notify me when it appears

Your details

Questions about the Roadmap

Is this an official PMI document?

Does the Roadmap replace the PMI material?

Is it based on the ECO 2025?

What format does it have?

Do I get updates?

Do I need the coaching to use it?

Phases and tasks in one place

Independence and trademarks

One workbook that shows where every ECO task happens in a CPMAI project.

One method, described three different ways

What is inside

Mapping of domains and phases

Phase roadmap

Go/no-go checklists and loop-backs

Data pipelines

The structure at a glance

Two ways to use it

Exam preparation

Project practice

How you use it in the coaching

The authors

Henri Kuijl

Markus Kopko

Access

With the membership you get

Notify me when it appears

Your details

Questions about the Roadmap

Is this an official PMI document?

Does the Roadmap replace the PMI material?

Is it based on the ECO 2025?

What format does it have?

Do I get updates?

Do I need the coaching to use it?

Phases and tasks in one place

Independence and trademarks