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Digital Delivery Academy
For service leavers & career changers

Practical project management, delivered.

In six weeks, you'll walk out with an ILM Level 5 certificate, a portfolio of real project artefacts, and the practical confidence to deliver in your next project management role. No theory exams. Real pressure, real decisions, real outputs.

Chris Lord
Founder · Ex-Brigade Sergeant Major
British Army20+ years service
6 weeks
To ILM Level 5
36
Real PM artefacts
50+
Online teaching videos
100%
AI-powered practice
By far one of the best resettlement activities I've done — and haven't had to use any GRT leave either. It's a win all round.
Andrew Fyles, PgDip MAPM Capability Development Manager · UK Armed Forces
Meet the Founder

Inside the Academy — in 90 seconds.

Why the Digital Delivery Academy exists, what you'll actually do in the six weeks, and how the AI-powered approach changes what walking into your next project management role looks like.

 
The Assessment

2 minutes. Honest score.

A two-minute assessment that benchmarks you against the ten skills employers test for in practical project delivery. The personalised report shows you what you're already good at, where your gaps sit, and what closing them would mean for the way you deploy projects in the real world.

01

Answer 10 questions

Stakeholder politics, risk, change, finance, governance, cutover. Real PM situations. Pick how you'd actually handle them.

02

Get your score

Instant personalised report. See where you're strong, where the gaps are, and exactly what those gaps cost you in a real project management role.

03

See if we're the fit

If you're already operating at the senior end, we'll tell you. If you've got gaps, you'll see exactly how the six weeks closes them.

Readiness Assessment
Free · Instant result · No commitment
GDPR-compliant · we never share your data
What You'll Walk Out With

Six weeks. Six concrete deliverables.

You're not just earning a certificate. You're walking out with a portfolio of work, a credential, and the practical AI-powered confidence to step into a project management role and start delivering from day one — with AI embedded into your full working day to automate as much of the day-to-day as possible.

The Course

Six weeks inside a project.

You don't learn delivery from a textbook.

You learn it by being in the room — under pressure, making decisions, producing outputs that stand up to scrutiny. Digital Delivery Academy is that room.

A six-week simulation where you run a real project end-to-end, coached through the decisions that define a career.

The Programme

What the course delivers.

Designed around your 9-to-5. Each week, video lessons release on a steady pace — work through them on your own time, around the day job. You produce practical outputs from each lesson. Then you join live Decision Labs — 6 hours of real-pressure project scenarios across the programme with your cohort.

The Qualification

ILM Level 5 Certificate

Operational Leadership & Management Skills. The practitioner-grade credential employers actually point to.

Self-Paced

50+ online teaching videos

Released weekly. Work through them on your own time, around the day job. Practical outputs from every lesson.

Live Sessions

Decision Labs

6 hours of real-pressure project scenarios across the programme with your cohort. Pressure-tested calls in real time.

Inside

What you actually get access to.

Real PM templates

  • Project Plan
  • Project Charter
  • RAID Log & Risk Register
  • Business Requirements Doc
  • RACI matrix
  • Change Request log
  • Cutover Plan
  • Closure Report

Live Decision Labs

  • Six 60-min war-room sessions
  • Real-time scenario walkthroughs
  • Defect triage drills
  • Go/No-Go calls under pressure
  • Chairing a cutover call
  • Recordings shared with cohort

AI prompt library

  • Charter drafting prompts
  • RAID assessment prompts
  • Stakeholder analysis flows
  • Status reporting templates
  • Tested on real DDA scenarios
  • Updated monthly as tools shift

The Academy

  • Safe space for like-minded PMs
  • Ask the questions you can't at work
  • Weekly AI best-practice updates
  • Evolves as the tools evolve
  • Peer review of artefacts
  • Ongoing access post-certification
The Academy

The course ends.
The Academy doesn't.

Delivery changes fast. Tools change faster. We're forward-leaning — constantly testing the new AI tools, working out which ones actually move the needle in delivery, and arming you with the best and most current practice as it lands.

Once you're in, you stay in the loop — current templates, working AI setups, weekly updates, a community of PMs who know what you're going through.

Why The Academy

How we compare to the certifications.

APM PMQ
PRINCE2
Digital Delivery Academy
What it tests
Theory exam
Methodology exam
Practical delivery, end-to-end
Live decisions under pressure
No
No
Six hours of Decision Labs
Portfolio of real artefacts
No
No
Full portfolio you can show
AI-powered delivery built in
No
No
Woven through every week
Certification
APM PMQ
PRINCE2 Foundation / Practitioner
ILM Level 5 Certificate
Typical investment
£1,200 – £1,800
£800 – £1,500
From £1,345.50 (Early Bird)

PMQ and PRINCE2 test what you've learned. The Academy tests whether you can deliver, certifies the result, and costs roughly the same.

Where graduates go

Built for the roles that decide who keeps delivering.

Graduates step into Project Manager, Programme Manager, Delivery Lead and Risk & Governance roles across defence, energy, professional services, public sector, and corporate technology delivery. The Academy is designed to make you the candidate who can prove they deliver — not just the one with the right cert on the CV.

Project Manager Programme Manager Delivery Lead Risk & Governance Operational Leadership Capability Development
From the Pilots

Learner testimonials.

By far one of the best resettlement activities I've done — and haven't had to use any GRT leave either. It's a win all round.

Andrew Fyles, PgDip MAPM
Capability Development Manager · UK Armed Forces

Exactly the kind of practical, real-world PM experience that makes it worthwhile. I'd highly recommend this to anyone looking to build solid project delivery skills.

John Blowes CMgr
Strategic Risk & Governance Leader

Although the learning curve is steep, the chance to work through realistic scenarios is a powerful way to build capability.

Keith Emmerson
Project, Programme & Operational Management Specialist · 22 years military
Finance

Flexible ways to pay.

Early Bird

Early Bird pricing is live. September Early Bird ends 30 June 2026. November Early Bird ends 31 July 2026. Choosing to Pay in Full takes another 10% off the Early Bird price.

September 2026
Early Bird · ends 30 Jun
Limited cohort: max 15 seats · small-group coaching
Best Value · Pay in Full
Early Bird price with the additional 10% Pay-in-Full discountOne payment · no plan, no interest
£1,995£1,345.50Save £649.50
3-Month Plan3 equal monthly payments · Early Bird
£498.34/month
Due today (Payment 1 of 3)£498.34
Month 2£498.34
Month 3£498.34
Total£1,495.02
6-Month Plan25% deposit, then 6 monthly payments · Early Bird
£186.88/month
Due today (25% deposit + first month)£560.63
  25% deposit£373.75
  Month 1£186.88
Months 2 – 6 (×5)£186.88 / mo
Total£1,495.03
Pass guarantee. If you complete the programme and don't pass the ILM Level 5 portfolio first time, we'll coach you through your resit at no additional cost.
November 2026
Early Bird · ends 31 Jul
Limited cohort: max 15 seats · small-group coaching
Best Value · Pay in Full
Early Bird price with the additional 10% Pay-in-Full discountOne payment · no plan, no interest
£1,995£1,345.50Save £649.50
3-Month Plan3 equal monthly payments · Early Bird
£498.34/month
Due today (Payment 1 of 3)£498.34
Month 2£498.34
Month 3£498.34
Total£1,495.02
6-Month Plan25% deposit, then 6 monthly payments · Early Bird
£186.88/month
Due today (25% deposit + first month)£560.63
  25% deposit£373.75
  Month 1£186.88
Months 2 – 6 (×5)£186.88 / mo
Total£1,495.03
Pass guarantee. If you complete the programme and don't pass the ILM Level 5 portfolio first time, we'll coach you through your resit at no additional cost.

All plans access the same programme. Pay-in-Full discount applies to Early Bird pricing only. Payments processed via Kajabi secure checkout.

How we stand behind it.

Pass guarantee. If you complete the programme honestly and don't pass the ILM Level 5 portfolio first time, we'll coach you through your resit at no additional cost. The Academy is built to make you ready to deliver — not to leave you on the hook for a grade.

What "completing honestly" looks like — to qualify, you must:

  • Attend all six live Decision Labs — and actively participate
  • Complete all video lessons across the six weeks
  • Submit all output sheets and deliverables on time
  • Submit and action weekly feedback — show the changes

Your effort is part of the deal. The guarantee covers people who turn up and put the work in — not people who coast through and expect the outcome anyway.

Common Questions

Before you apply.

What's the time commitment per week?
Around 6 to 8 hours per week — split between video lessons you watch on your own time, the practical outputs you produce, and the live Decision Labs. Designed deliberately to fit around a full-time job. Most learners block out two evenings and a Saturday morning.
What if I miss a live Decision Lab?
The Decision Lab will be recorded — but recordings won't be sent out straight away. The live session is where the learning happens, so we want everyone there in the room. If you miss one, we'll work through it with you, but make every effort to show up live.
How does the ILM Level 5 certification actually work?
We're an ILM Approved Centre. You build a portfolio of practical artefacts across the six weeks (Charter, RAID, BRD, Stakeholder plan, Change Log, Closure Report — all the real PM outputs). At the end, your portfolio is internally assessed against ILM Level 5 criteria, then externally moderated. Successful candidates receive the ILM Level 5 Certificate in Operational Leadership & Management Skills — the same credential employers test for at senior PM/programme level.
Is the ILM Level 5 recognised by employers?
Yes. ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management) is one of the UK's most established management credentialing bodies, awarded through City & Guilds. Level 5 is set at the equivalent of HND / foundation degree level on the UK regulated framework — recognised by employers across public sector, defence, professional services, and corporate delivery roles.
What if my circumstances change mid-programme?
Speak to us. Once the course starts, there are no refunds — but we will work with you to find the best solution we can. We've supported learners through redundancy, relocation, deployments, and family events. Most situations are workable through cohort transfer or a short break.
Will I be ready to walk into a project on day one after this?
That's exactly the point. You won't just hold a certificate — you'll have a portfolio of real PM artefacts you can show in interviews, hands-on AI-powered delivery you can use day one, and the pressure-tested experience of running a project end-to-end. If you complete the programme honestly, you'll walk into your next project management conversation as the person who's already done it.
Start Here

Two minutes to know exactly where you stand.

Ten questions. Instant personalised report. You'll see your strengths, the gaps that matter, and what closing them would mean for your next project management role. No commitment — and you keep the report whether you apply or not.

Readiness Assessment
2 minutes · 10 questions · instant report
Take the Readiness Assessment