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# DPP Foundations

> The free six module tieback Academy path that takes you from no prior knowledge of Digital Product Passports to a defensible first readiness position.

## The Path

DPP Foundations is the entry path for everyone. It assumes no prior knowledge of ecodesign law, no
technical background and no existing compliance programme. It takes about four hours and ten
minutes in total, and it is designed to be finished.

Foundations is free and always will be. It is a complete product, not a trailer for a paid course.
A learner who completes Foundations and stops has got what the path promised.

## What You Will Be Able to Do

By the end of the path you should be able to define a Digital Product Passport accurately, decide
whether and when your products are likely to be in scope, describe what a passport has to contain,
explain how one works in practice, read the regulatory timing correctly, and produce a first
readiness position with a sequenced set of actions.

## Your Progress

#### Foundations progress

## Modules

#### [What a Digital Product Passport Actually Is](/docs/academy/foundations/module-1)

The definition the legislation actually uses, the difference between a passport and a QR project,
the four layers, and how a scan reaches a record. Framework: TBF-001.

#### [Whether It Applies to You](/docs/academy/foundations/module-2)

Placing your organisation in the value chain, separating manufacturer, importer and distributor
duties, reading scope without guessing, and naming the data you do not hold. Frameworks: TBF-002
and TBF-007.

#### [What a Passport Has to Contain](/docs/academy/foundations/module-3)

Data categories, public versus restricted access, which attributes you already hold and which have
no owner. Frameworks: TBF-003 and TBF-042.

**Optional practical tool for Module 3.** The
[Passport Data Origin Worksheet](/docs/knowledge-base/templates/passport-data-origin-worksheet)
applies TBF-042 to your own products, mapping each item of passport information to its origin,
authoritative source and evidence. It is a Knowledge Base template, not a lesson: it is optional,
not assessed, not tracked, and not required for module or Foundations completion.

#### [How a Passport Works in Practice](/docs/academy/foundations/module-4)

Identifiers, carriers, resolution, persistence after the sale, and why a published record should
not change silently. Frameworks: TBF-004 and TBF-009.

#### [When It Becomes Mandatory, and Why the Detail Is Missing](/docs/academy/foundations/module-5)

The framework plus delegated act structure, how a delegated act becomes an obligation, reading
timing signals, and what to do while the detail is unwritten. Frameworks: TBF-005, TBF-006 and
TBF-008.

#### [Capstone: Preparing Your Organisation](/docs/academy/foundations/module-6)

Produce a readiness position, find your biggest data gap, sequence your first three actions, and
brief a decision maker in five sentences. Frameworks: TBF-011 and TBF-031.

All six modules are published and free. The canonical sources behind them are open to everyone in
the Knowledge Base, with or without the Academy.

## Prerequisites

None. Foundations is the prerequisite for everything else in the Academy.

## Assessment and Completion

Each lesson ends with a short knowledge check that is formative: immediate feedback, unlimited
attempts, no gate. Each module ends with a ten question assessment at a pass mark of 80 percent,
unlimited to retake, with your best score kept. When all six modules are complete the
[Foundations completion page](/docs/academy/foundations/completion) confirms what you have covered.
That is a course completion acknowledgement, not a professional certification.

Progress is saved on this device. It is not tied to an account and it does not follow you to
another browser.

## Related Docs

* [Module 1: What a Digital Product Passport Actually Is](/docs/academy/foundations/module-1)
* [Foundations completion](/docs/academy/foundations/completion)
* [tieback Academy](/docs/academy)
* [Digital Product Passports](/docs/knowledge-base/digital-product-passports/overview)
* [tieback Frameworks](/docs/knowledge-base/frameworks/overview)
* [Passport Data Origin Worksheet](/docs/knowledge-base/templates/passport-data-origin-worksheet)