Ottorino Luca De Bona · Aligned with PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition and ECO 2026
The Journey from PM to PMP®.
Pass the Exam and Evolve into the Project Manager Global Standards Demand.
The Newton Pact
12 chapters. One project. A PM who fails, learns, and becomes the professional PMI demands.
Every page exists because it serves the exam or professional practice. If it doesn't pass this filter, it doesn't exist. Your time is worth more than our editorial ambition.
No concept lives in isolation. Every tool is the solution to a real conflict between real characters in a real €750,000 project.
We don't say "you'll learn." We say "here's what you're missing." Direct language, active voice, no self-indulgent promises. Only what works.
The Anna Filter
— Anna to Mario, Chapter 1
Opens the chapter with a doubt the reader doesn't know they have yet.
When Mario (and the reader) think they've got it, Anna shows the gap.
"You cut the fabric before taking measurements." A line that cuts because it's true.
She doesn't give answers. She asks the question that forces Mario to find it himself.
At the right moments, Anna smiles. And the reader knows they've truly understood.
Mario's Arc
In 12 chapters, Mario completes the transformation PMI asks of every Project Manager. This isn't a made-up story — it's the path that awaits you.
Mario measures tasks and deliverables. He lost €120k on the CRM project. He's good, but doesn't yet know what creating value means.
Agile without governance, hostile stakeholders, invisible risks, "good" scope creep. Every crisis teaches that technical competence isn't enough without empathy and proactivity.
Mario designs governance, negotiates contracts, manages AI with ethics. He no longer counts tasks — he counts value. He is the PM the world demands.
12 Chapters · One project · One journey
No technical concept in isolation. Every tool emerges from the need to solve a real problem.
One Project. One Book. Zero Theory.
You don't learn from 50 different case studies you forget after 5 minutes. You live one single project — from start to finish — with the same characters, the same numbers, the same pressures. Just like reality.
E-commerce app for the Spanish market. Three components, three approaches: Cloud Infrastructure (Predictive), Portal UX (Iterative), Bizum (Agile). A real team, a demanding sponsor, a vendor who won't respond, and a CPI that drops to 0.72 in chapter 9.
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Ottorino Luca De Bona · PM-Online · 2026