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### Component 4: In-Person Graduation Bootcamp
### Component 4: In-Person Bootcamp
A 2- to 2.5-day regional event serving as both a cross-functional collaboration opportunity and the graduation capstone.
A 2-day regional event serving as both a cross-functional collaboration opportunity and the Academy capstone.
**Pre-requisite:** Complete and pass Components 1-3 before attending
Event structure:
-**Half-day 1:** Customer Lifecycle Workshop — Sales Process and Customer Journey, rules of engagement and handoffs, cross-functional exercises with adjacent roles
-**Full Day 2:** Certification and Graduation — Build a Compelling Value Narrative, Differentiation and Discovery, Value Narrative Stand-and-Deliver Certification
-**Half-day 3:** Stand-and-Deliver Certification (continued) and Graduation
-**Day 1:** Customer Lifecycle Workshop — Sales Process and Customer Journey, rules of engagement and handoffs, cross-functional exercises with adjacent roles
-**Day 2:** Certification — Build a Compelling Value Narrative, Differentiation and Discovery, Value Narrative Stand-and-Deliver Certification
Format: A 2 to 2.5 day event with regional cadences as follows — AMER and EMEA host graduation summits every other month; APJ runs quarterly.
Format: A 2 to 2.5 day event with regional cadences as follows — AMER and EMEA host graduation bootcamps every other month; APJ runs quarterly.
Format: A 2-day event with regional cadences as follows — AMER and EMEA approximately every other month; APJ runs quarterly.
**Checkpoint:** Attend the in-person event and pass the role-specific capstone assessment
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## Current & Upcoming Academy Graduation Bootcamps
| Cohort 1 | March 16 - April 20, 2026 | • AMER: Dallas, TX (Week of May 11)<br>• EMEA: London, UK (Week of May 11)<br>• APJ: Bangkok, Thailand (Week of May 18) | [Academy Cohort 1 Issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/work_items/3341) |
## Past Academy Cohorts
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<summarymarkdown="span">Click here to see past cohorts</summary>
| DATES | GEO | LOCATION | ISSUE |
| ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
| November 10th - December 5th, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 52 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/3221) |
| December 2nd - December 17th, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 53 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/3222) |
| January 12th - January 30th, 2026 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 54 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/3251) |
| October 2nd - October 26th, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 51 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/3210) |
| September 8th - September 26th, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 50 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/3181) |
| August 11th - August 26th, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 49 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/3128) |
| July 7th - July 23rd, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 48 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/3107) |
| June 9th - June 23rd, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 47 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/3070) |
| May 12th - May 27th, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 46 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/2985) |
| April 2nd - April 23rd, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 45 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/2984) |
| February 6th - February 26th, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 44 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/2946) |
| December 9th, 2024 - January 17th, 2025 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 43 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/2898) |
| October 14th - October 28th, 2024 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 42 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/2857) |
| August 22nd - September 13th, 2024 | AMER / EMEA | Virtual | [SQS 41 issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/sales-team/field-operations/enablement/-/issues/2795) |
GitLab Academy uses the Kirkpatrick model to evaluate program effectiveness across four levels.
**Level 1: Reaction** — Post-workshop survey measuring learner satisfaction with content quality, facilitation, and overall experience.
**Level 2: Learning** — Knowledge assessments throughout the program, including e-learning quizzes and certification checkpoints, measuring skill and knowledge growth from start to finish.
**Level 3: Behavior** — Stand-and-deliver capstone assessment at graduation, measuring new hires' ability to apply the Command of the Message value selling methodology in a customer-facing scenario.
**Level 4: Results** — Long-term tracking of key business outcomes including time to ramp and sales cycle length by segment.
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