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Mapping and Cards Micro-Certificate
Learn to map what a system is made of and write requirement cards, in short, clear lessons.
Built for short-form learners: 18 lessons of about 50 seconds each, in order.
Free to learn. Pay only if you want the credential.
What you'll learn
- Mapping your world6 lessons
- Writing cards6 lessons
- Cards in practice6 lessons
Why Mapping and Cards matters
Most expensive requirements failures are disagreements about what a system is made of. This micro-certificate teaches the method's first two phases: finding a domain's things with interviews and an Object Inventory, drawing them on a map of zones, and then writing Material Requirement Cards that name the thing, the change and the fields and rules involved.
Who this micro-certificate is for
- Business analysts and product owners
- Project managers who write or review requirements
- Testers who need requirements they can test
- Anyone who defines work for systems or AI tools
Time to complete
- in all, at your own pace
- ~30 min
- of lessons (18 lessons, measured)
- ~15 min
- for the 10-question test
- 15 min
What you receive
- Mapping and Cards Micro-CertificatePrint it or save it as a PDF. It lists the lessons it covers.
- Mapping and Cards digital badgeA 600-pixel badge image you can download and post.
- Verification numberIts own number and a public page that anyone can check.
- Add to LinkedInAdd it to your profile, or share it, in one click from your certificate page.
The lessons
Mapping your world
- The Object Inventory · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Core and Supporting Things · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Zones · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Four Interview Questions · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Drawing the Map · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Phase One With AI, Five Steps · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
Writing cards
- From Sentences to Cards · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Three Required Sections · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Constraints and Rules · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- One Behavior per Card · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- One Primary Thing per Card · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Create, Read, Update, Delete, and Three More · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
Cards in practice
- Where AI Goes Wrong With Cards · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Four Card Pitfalls · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Thinking in Change-Type Slices · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Drafting a Card With AI · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Six Checks of a Good Card · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
- Card Patterns: Create and Transition · The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI
The test
- 10 questions drawn fresh each attempt from 52, spread across the modules; 15 minutes.
- 7 of 10 correct passes. Retakes are free and unlimited.
- After a pass, the micro-certificate is $5. It carries your name, your score, the lessons covered, a public verify page and your badge.
Why this micro-certificate is different
- Short lessons, in orderAbout 50 seconds each, each one building on the last.
- Nothing in the wayNo ads, no account to learn, no subscription. You pay only for the credential.
- Every question cites a lessonMiss one and you see the lesson to review.
- Anyone can check itYour certificate has its own number and a public verify page.
Packs and Validation Micro-Certificate
18 lessons · $5
Stack this micro-certificate
Order each credential with the same email and they link up.
- Mapping and Cards Micro-Certificate · $5This page. About 30 minutes.
- The other 2 micro-certificates from The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI · $5 eachPacks and Validation and Traceability and Change.
- Full Certificate in The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI · $20The whole course, every unit, with its own final.
Want to go deeper? These lessons come from one full course: The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI, each with its own full certificate.
Human in the Loop Pathway
The Full Certificates in Generative AI at Work, The M-CaReM-AI Method and Leading AI at Work, plus the nine micro-certificates built from those courses. Hold all twelve and claim the pathway certificate and badge.
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| Feature | Micro-Certificate$5 | Full Certificate$20 | Pathway Badge$35 |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it covers | 15 to 18 lessons on one skill | A whole subject, 9 to 40 learning hours | Five micro-certificates plus the Full Certificate in Computer Science |
| How you earn it | Pass a 10-question, 15-minute test (7 of 10 to pass) | Pass the course final | Hold all six, then claim it |
| Time | ~25 minutes | A 45–98 minute final, after the course | ~14 hours |
| What it shows | The lessons it covers | Your scaled score and learning hours | The six credentials it rests on |
| Badge image | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Verify page and Add to LinkedIn | Yes | Yes | Yes |
This StudyWalks micro-certificate covers 18 lessons from StudyWalks courses, and every question cites one of them. Scores are StudyWalks scores, not college credit.