What it is
AI Launchpad v2 is where competency development begins. After the short AI Launchpad Course gives people an orientation, this program asks them to do things: evaluate an AI output they have not seen before, find the data assumptions behind a recommendation, and explain what went wrong and why.
It takes 20 to 25 hours and covers all 16 sub-competencies at L1 Foundation across the five components. It is the route by which an organization can show L1 across its workforce, and it prepares people for L2 work in the role pathways that follow.
A note on names. ALiF documents have used different names for this program. The ecosystem register lists it as AI Launchpad v2. Its detailed syllabus (v1.1, February 2026) calls it COMPASS, and the Implementation Pathway Model describes a foundation course with the same scope. The short orientation now carries the AI Launchpad name. These pages use “AI Launchpad v2” for the foundation program until the names are settled.
Structure
Sixteen modules, one per sub-competency, in a fixed order:
| Modules | Component |
|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | TEC, technical understanding |
| 4 to 7 | DAT, data literacy |
| 8 to 10 | EVA, evaluation |
| 11 to 13 | ETH, ethics |
| 14 to 16 | PRA, practical use, ending with a capstone |
The order is part of the design. Data literacy comes before evaluation and ethics: the evaluation modules open only after the DAT.1 and DAT.2 tasks have been demonstrated, and the last evaluation module only after all four data tasks. Short ethics prompts appear in early modules and are taken up again in the ethics modules.
Learners choose a role track (Clinician, Researcher, Educator, Administrator or Learner, with a General track for mixed roles). Every track develops the same 16 sub-competencies; the scenarios change. Arabic delivery is supported.
It can be taken self-paced, or as an eight-week cohort with a weekly 90-minute live session.
Assessment
Assessment is performance-based. Each module has a scenario task set in the learner’s professional context, rated by a qualified assessor or a validated rubric as Demonstrated, Developing or Not engaged. Developing leads to specific feedback and resubmission. Knowledge checks are formative and do not count toward certification. The final module has an integrated capstone on a new case that draws on all five components.
Learners who demonstrate all 16 tasks and the capstone receive a Certificate of Foundation Competency (ALiF L1, all five components). It opens entry to the FAIM role pathways.
Versioning and alignment
The program follows the ALiF Program Versioning and Review Policy: an annual content check, an alignment review after each Standard release, an assessment validity review every two years with psychometric input, and a major review after each Standard major version. It will state its alignment with ALiF 2.0. Under the proposed ALiF 2.0 rule, participation records beyond completion are not used in decisions about individuals.