Employer funding summary

Base the request on one programme and the task you expect it to support. Enterprise learning for a whole team is scoped separately.

Agentic Systems

The learning project has an agreed scope. Deployment in Architecting Agentic AI Systems concerns that project; deploying your employer's production system requires its own authority, access and review.

Career Preparation

These are services for experienced professionals. An internal move into AI responsibilities or preparation for a role discussion may be relevant to employer development support, depending on its policy.

The three- and four-hour packages follow a weekly cadence. A roadmap provides guidance for the work ahead; technical retraining is a separate commitment. Role changes and interview outcomes depend on your preparation and the employer's decisions.

Confirm the schedule and written commercial terms before seeking final payment approval. Include taxes, tooling, travel or other costs only when the offer establishes them.

Copy these seven sections into your own document. Fields in ⟨angle brackets⟩ are for your request.

To: ⟨manager or budget owner⟩
From: ⟨your name⟩
Date: ⟨date⟩

1. What I am asking for

I would like approval for ⟨programme⟩, including ⟨funding, time or both⟩.

2. The work this supports

The team is facing ⟨specific task, system decision or new responsibility⟩. My part in it is ⟨your responsibility⟩. The gap I want to address is ⟨what you need to practise or understand⟩.

3. What I intend to do differently

After the programme, I intend to ⟨observable task or output⟩. A colleague could assess this by ⟨review, demonstration or work sample⟩.

Choose two or three changes you can show in your work. Match them to the programme's actual scope.

4. Time and coverage

The programme involves ⟨live hours⟩ and ⟨independent work, where applicable⟩. I will confirm session times before accepting a place. My proposal for work coverage is ⟨what you will reschedule or hand over, and to whom⟩.

5. Cost and terms

The published programme fee is ⟨fee for the selected programme⟩. The written offer will establish the applicable total, inclusions, payment, cancellation, refund and access terms. I will bring those terms back for approval before payment.

6. How we would review the value

By ⟨review date⟩, I propose to share ⟨work sample or demonstration⟩ with ⟨reviewer⟩. We will examine ⟨evidence of the intended capability⟩ and decide what needs further practice.

7. The decision and date

Please confirm ⟨approval requested⟩ by ⟨date⟩ because ⟨real planning reason⟩. If it cannot be supported, I would like to understand whether the constraint is scope, time, budget or policy.

Illustrative request, not a claimed learner, employer or funded outcome. The work concerns the returns assistant used in the technical guides. It does not describe a real company system.

An engineer preparing to review refund authority

To: ⟨manager⟩
From: ⟨engineer⟩
Date: ⟨date⟩

1. What I am asking for

I would like funding and time approval for Architecting Agentic AI Systems with The Living Craft. Its programme fee is $1,399 per participant, with 30 live hours plus independent work.

2. The work this supports

Our team is considering giving a returns assistant permission to issue refunds. I expect to help review the evidence requirements, permissions and recovery paths before that authority is connected.

I want practical experience of building and reviewing those decisions. I would use an agreed learning project rather than upload company data or connect the programme to our payment system.

3. What I intend to do differently

I intend to prepare a design canvas for the refund change, explain the action boundaries and record unresolved questions before our review. I also intend to propose evaluation cases for missing evidence and unknown tool outcomes.

The programme offers practice and review. Our team would still need to test and approve its own production design.

4. Time and coverage

The commitment is 30 live hours. I will confirm the complete setup and pre-session preparation before joining.

My coverage proposal is ⟨responsibilities to reschedule, agreed cover and time needed⟩.

5. Cost and terms

The programme fee is $1,399 per participant. I will confirm the applicable total, inclusions and payment, cancellation, refund and access terms in the written offer before requesting payment. Any additional costs will be identified separately.

6. How we would review the value

By ⟨agreed date⟩, I propose to walk you through the learning project's design, evaluation evidence and unresolved limits. We can then review the canvas and questions I prepare for our own system. Completing the learning project would not establish that our production system is ready.

7. The decision and date

Please confirm approval in principle by ⟨date⟩ so I can check programme fit and scheduling. I will return with the written terms for final approval. If this scope is too large, I would like to discuss whether a smaller build programme would address the immediate need.

Start with the work your manager is responsible for. Keep the final request to one page and attach the programme details separately if needed.

Check that the live hours, independent work and fee all belong to the same programme. Give your manager a way to assess what you learned without promising a commercial result you cannot control.

If you are asking for support for an internal role move, explain the proposed responsibilities and how they serve the organisation. Funding approval and selection for that role are separate decisions.

Compare the two learning pathways and select the programme that fits your need. If you need the scope or employer documentation clarified, ask about employer funding.