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# Module 6: Capstone: Preparing Your Organisation

> The capstone module of the free tieback Academy DPP Foundations path: producing a first readiness position, sequencing the first three actions, and briefing a decision maker in five sentences.

## Overview

This module does not teach anything new. The five modules before it built a vocabulary, a way of
placing your organisation in the value chain, a picture of what a passport has to contain, a model
of how it works in practice, and a way of reading timing. This module puts all of that to work on
one product and produces an artefact: a readiness position, a sequence of first actions, and a
brief a decision maker could actually act on.

If a module can be described as "read this and understand it", this one cannot. It can only be
described as "do this and produce something". The lessons are shorter on new material and longer on
worked examples and practice for exactly that reason.

**Estimated completion time: 45 minutes.** Three lessons of 12, 12 and 11 minutes, plus a ten
question assessment of about 10 minutes.

## Learning Objectives

#### Module learning objectives

Every objective is tested. Each assessment question is tagged to one of the five.

## Lesson Sequence

Then take the [module assessment](/docs/academy/foundations/module-6/assessment).

## Canonical Reading

This module teaches from two canonical articles. Both are the authoritative texts and remain free
and open to everyone:

* [How Should Organisations Prepare for Digital Product Passports?](/docs/knowledge-base/implementation/how-should-organisations-prepare-for-digital-product-passports)
* [How to Build a Digital Product Passport Implementation Roadmap](/docs/knowledge-base/implementation/how-to-build-a-digital-product-passport-implementation-roadmap)

The lessons add sequence, framing, examples and practice. They do not restate the regulatory
content, and they never introduce a date, article number or citation that is not in the source
articles.

## Frameworks Used

**TBF-011, The Digital Product Passport Readiness Model**, and **TBF-031, The Digital Product
Passport Implementation Roadmap.** The first gives you five dimensions to state a position against.
The second gives you gated stages to sequence actions against. Full descriptions in the
[framework registry](/docs/knowledge-base/frameworks/overview).

## The Running Case Product

Every Foundations module uses one product so the examples accumulate rather than reset.

**The Aurelia S2 cordless hedge trimmer.** A mid-price consumer power tool with a removable
lithium-ion battery pack, a moulded polymer housing, and a woven textile shoulder strap. It is
manufactured under contract in Vietnam, imported into the EU by the brand owner's Dutch entity, and
sold through both retail and direct channels. By this module, the S2's readiness position, its
sequenced actions and its brief are all worked in full, so you can compare your own against a
complete example.

## Completion

The module is complete when all three lessons are marked complete and the assessment is passed at
the Foundations pass mark of 80 percent. Retakes are unlimited and your best score is kept.
Progress is saved on this device.

## Next Step

After the assessment, the [Foundations completion page](/docs/academy/foundations/completion)
confirms what the whole path has covered and points to where later Academy paths pick up.

## Related Docs

* [Lesson 1: Taking a Readiness Position](/docs/academy/foundations/module-6/lesson-1)
* [Module 6 assessment](/docs/academy/foundations/module-6/assessment)
* [Foundations completion](/docs/academy/foundations/completion)
* [DPP Foundations](/docs/academy/foundations)
* [How Should Organisations Prepare for Digital Product Passports?](/docs/knowledge-base/implementation/how-should-organisations-prepare-for-digital-product-passports)

> The capstone module of the free tieback Academy DPP Foundations path: producing a first readiness position, sequencing the first three actions, and briefing a decision maker in five sentences.

## Docs

- [Lesson 1: Taking a Readiness Position](https://tieback.io/docs/academy/foundations/module-6/lesson-1.md): Academy Foundations Module 6 Lesson 1: how to state where your organisation actually stands on Digital Product Passport readiness for one product line, and defend the position with evidence rather than optimism.
- [Lesson 2: Sequencing the First Three Actions](https://tieback.io/docs/academy/foundations/module-6/lesson-2.md): Academy Foundations Module 6 Lesson 2: turning a readiness position into three ordered first actions, and what to ask suppliers for and when.
- [Lesson 3: The Five Sentence Brief](https://tieback.io/docs/academy/foundations/module-6/lesson-3.md): Academy Foundations Module 6 Lesson 3: compressing a readiness position and a sequenced plan into a five sentence brief a decision maker can act on.
- [Module 6 Assessment](https://tieback.io/docs/academy/foundations/module-6/assessment.md): Academy Foundations Module 6 summative assessment: ten scenario-weighted items covering readiness positions, sequencing, supplier timing and the five sentence brief.