[ Tools and accounts ]
GitLab's own tools. Your own accounts
You'll work in 47 tools: 33 that GitLab's public handbook documents, plus the ones other companies run on. You create every account yourself. Here's each tool, what you'll do with it, how you get access and which weeks use it.
How access works
- Free planYou create your own free account.
- Free dev accountFree developer or sandbox account.
- Free trialUsed during the weeks that need it.
- WalkthroughEnterprise-only. Studied through the book's full walkthroughs and real documents, then reproduced in free tools.
- ~$20/moYour one cost, paid to Anthropic or OpenAI, never to us.
Three rules
- We don't hand out accounts. Setting up your own workspace, permissions and integrations is part of the job, and you'll do it again at every employer.
- Start trials when the week arrives. Trials run for a limited time. The syllabus tells you which week needs which trial, so you never waste one.
- Enterprise-only tools are studied, then reproduced. Nobody gets a personal Coupa or Workday. You work through the book's real documents and walkthroughs for those systems, then reproduce the work in free tools.
Work, code and the handbook
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabGitLab handbook | Issues, epics, labels, boards, milestones, iterations, MRs, CI/CD, the handbook | Free plan | 1–4, 7–10, 13–18, 20, 22, 25–26 |
| GitLab Ultimate trialGitLab handbook | Epics, roadmaps, iterations and health status for the planning weeks | Free trial | 5–6 |
| GitLab API + glab CLIGitLab handbook | Scripting your tracker: exports, triage, reports | Free plan | 22 |
| Mermaid diagramsGitLab handbook | Diagrams as code in Markdown | Free plan | 2 |
| GitLab DuoGitLab handbook | AI inside GitLab for planning | Walkthrough | 22 |
Communication
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| SlackGitLab handbook | Project channels, threads, decisions linked to issues | Free plan | 1–4, 9, 11, 14, 24 |
| ZoomGitLab handbook | Live classes, demos and war rooms | Free plan | 1, 4, 9, 11, 17, 24, 26 |
| GeekbotGitLab handbook | Async standups in Slack | Free plan | 2, 9, 24 |
| LoomGitLab handbook | Five-minute walkthroughs and speed-runs | Free plan | 4, 20 |
| Google CalendarGitLab handbook | The corporate calendar, blackouts, booking capacity | Free plan | 1, 6 |
| CalendlyGitLab handbook | Booking research participants | Free plan | 17 |
Documents and models
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google DocsGitLab handbook | BRDs, charters, final reports, live-doc agendas | Free plan | 1–3, 5, 7–8, 11, 15–16, 20 |
| Google SheetsGitLab handbook | Schedule model, budget, EVM, RTM, evaluation matrices | Free plan | 3, 5–8, 12–13, 18, 23 |
| Google SlidesGitLab handbook | Steering committee packs, kickoffs | Free plan | 4, 12 |
| Google Forms | Surveys, intake, CSAT | Free plan | 15 |
Design and research
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| FigmaGitLab handbook | Wireframes, prototypes, design reviews | Free plan | 19 |
| FigJamGitLab handbook | Story mapping, think-big sessions | Free plan | 17–18 |
| MuralGitLab handbook | Process maps, story maps, retros | Free plan | 3 |
| DovetailGitLab handbook | Interview recordings, tagged insights | Free plan | 17 |
Money, contracts and people
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZipGitLab handbook | Purchase intake and approvals | Walkthrough | 8 |
| CoupaGitLab handbook | Requisitions, POs, supplier onboarding | Walkthrough | 8, 15 |
| DocuSignGitLab handbook | Contracts, DPAs, SOW signatures | Free dev account | 8 |
| KantataGitLab handbook | PS bookings, hours, revenue forecasts | Walkthrough | 13, 24 |
| WorkdayGitLab handbook | People data, org chart, payroll feeds | Walkthrough | 24 |
| OktaGitLab handbook | SSO, SCIM provisioning, access requests | Free dev account | 24 |
Customers and revenue
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| SalesforceGitLab handbook | Opportunities, quotes, change-order revenue | Free dev account | 12, 21 |
| Clari and GongGitLab handbook | Pipeline forecasting and call insights | Walkthrough | 21 |
| GainsightGitLab handbook | Customer health and CSAT | Walkthrough | 12, 15 |
| ZendeskGitLab handbook | Support tickets and context for engagements | Free trial | 21 |
| Culture AmpGitLab handbook | Engagement and 360 feedback | Walkthrough | 11 |
Incidents and reliability
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| incident.ioGitLab handbook | /incident in Slack: channel, roles, timeline | Free plan | 14 |
| PagerDutyGitLab handbook | On-call schedules and paging | Free trial | 14 |
| GrafanaGitLab handbook | Dashboards for SLOs and error budgets | Free plan | 10, 14 |
Data and analytics
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| DuckDB / SQLite | A real SQL engine on your laptop | Free plan | 9–12, 14, 16–17, 19, 21, 25 |
| Python + Jupyter | Notebooks, pandas, simulation, automation | Free plan | 7, 13, 15, 18–19, 21, 24–25 |
| Tableau PublicGitLab handbook | Dashboards for adoption, accuracy, KPIs | Free plan | 13, 19, 21 |
The other shops
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jira | Scrum and Kanban boards, JQL, dashboards, automation | Free plan | 22 |
| Jira Product Discovery | Idea scoring and roadmaps | Free plan | 22 |
| Jira Service Management | ITSM requests and change | Free plan | 22 |
| Confluence | Pages, templates, decision logs | Free plan | 22 |
| Microsoft Project | True critical-path scheduling, baselines, leveling | Free trial | 23 |
| Microsoft Planner + Teams | The Microsoft-shop tracker and chat | Free trial | 23 |
| Excel + Power BI | Workbooks and dashboards for Excel-first stakeholders | Free plan | 23 |
| Smartsheet | Sheet-based project tracking | Free trial | 23 |
| Notion | Docs and lightweight databases | Free plan | 24 |
Your AI agent (pick one)
| Tool | What you do with it | Access | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code (Claude Pro) | Your AI coding and analysis agent | ~$20/mo | 1–25 |
| Codex (ChatGPT Plus) | The alternative agent; pick one | ~$20/mo | 20 |
Your AI agent: pick one
Claude Code
Included with a Claude Pro subscription from Anthropic, about $20 a month.
Codex
Included with a ChatGPT Plus subscription from OpenAI, about $20 a month.
It's the program's only paid item, about $120 over six months. You buy it directly from the provider; we never see a cent, and you can cancel when the program ends. Prices are set by the providers and can change.
Product names are trademarks of their owners. Gantt Guild isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any of them, or by GitLab Inc. Access types reflect each provider's offers as we understand them and can change; check each provider's current terms.
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