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What is a Mission? (Learning Journeys)

A Mission is a structured journey that guides people step by step, combining learning with actions from other GFoundry modules into milestones and objectives with measurable progress.

What is a Mission? (Learning Journeys)

A Mission is a structured journey that guides people step by step, combining learning with actions from other GFoundry modules into milestones and objectives with measurable progress.

What are Missions?

A Mission is a structured journey that guides people step by step through a defined path. Missions are not limited to learning content. They can orchestrate actions across the GFoundry platform, turning training, onboarding and organisational initiatives into a clear sequence with measurable progress.


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GFoundry app: a mission journey with its milestones and objectives


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The key difference: cross-module journeys

Missions can combine learning with actions from other GFoundry modules. This makes them ideal when the goal is not only "learn something", but also "do something" and prove adoption.

The actions available depend on the modules active on your platform. They include, for example:

  • Completing a Learn Content, video, presentation or course

  • Playing or passing a quiz

  • Submitting a form or pulse survey

  • Completing tasks or task lists

  • Giving or receiving recognition

  • Giving or requesting feedback

  • Completing goals or OKR objectives

How Missions work

Missions are built from two core elements:

Milestones

Milestones are the main stages of the journey (for example: Introduction, Practice, Validation).

Objectives

Objectives are the concrete actions users must complete within each milestone. Each objective is tracked, so progress is visible and outcomes are measurable.

This structure creates a visual roadmap where users always know:

  • what they have completed

  • what comes next

  • what success looks like at the end

What can I configure in a mission?

When you create or edit a mission, you define its name, description and appearance: a thumbnail and a background. You can also choose whether the thumbnail is visible in the mission popup.

Inside the mission journey, you add milestones and objectives. For milestones, you define the name, completion message, availability delay and icon. For objectives, you define the name, the text shown to users, and the action that completes the objective.

At the end, you write the message users see when they complete the mission, and you can choose which users see it and a group to remove from users when they finish.

Where do I manage missions?

Use Missions > Missions List to create and open missions. Missions still being built have the status Building and open in the creation wizard. Missions that are live have the status Running and open in Mission Details, where you review the journey and the Users Progress.


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GFoundry backoffice: the Missions List with the status of each mission


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If you see Dashboard under Missions in the side menu, it shows the status of your missions, including engagement, retention and completion.

What can I do after a mission is created?

From Missions List and Mission Details you can duplicate, delete, export and reset missions. Mission Details also lets you reset the progress of a single user.

Why use Missions?

Orchestrate real behaviour change

Because Missions can include actions beyond learning, they are a practical tool to drive adoption of processes, tools and habits.

Structured and motivating journeys

Milestones and visible progress reduce friction and increase completion, especially in longer initiatives.

Measurable outcomes

Every objective is tracked, which makes it easier to report participation and completion and identify drop-off points.

Engagement and gamification

Missions can be combined with points, badges, leaderboards, rewards and recognition (depending on your setup) to increase participation and momentum.

Examples of cross-module Missions

Onboarding (learning + actions)

  • Milestone 1: Welcome & Culture

    • Read the "Company Values" content

    • Watch the CEO welcome video

    • Complete a short quiz

  • Milestone 2: Tools & Setup

    • Complete an IT setup checklist (task list)

  • Milestone 3: First Month Success

    • Submit the onboarding feedback form

    • Request feedback from your manager

Compliance (learning + acknowledgement)

  • Milestone 1: Policy understanding

    • Read the policy content

    • Watch the compliance video

  • Milestone 2: Knowledge confirmation

    • Complete the compliance quiz

  • Milestone 3: Acknowledgement

    • Submit a confirmation form (digital acknowledgement)

Sales enablement (learning + performance)

  • Milestone 1: Product knowledge

    • Complete product micro-learning content

    • Pass a knowledge check quiz

  • Milestone 2: Practice

    • Complete an assignment (task)

    • Request feedback from your manager

  • Milestone 3: Field adoption

    • Submit a follow-up form on the first real application

Engagement campaign (recognition + participation)

  • Milestone 1: Kick-off

    • Read the campaign announcement content

  • Milestone 2: Participation

    • Complete weekly micro-actions (tasks)

    • Give recognition to colleagues

  • Milestone 3: Wrap-up

    • Submit a feedback survey

    • Read the results and next steps content

When to use Missions vs Learning Paths vs Training Programs

  • Use Missions when you want a structured journey that may include learning plus actions across multiple GFoundry modules.

  • Use Learning Paths when you only need a lightweight, linear sequence of Learn Contents.

  • Use Training Programs when you need formal training with scheduling, enrolment rules and evaluation stages.

Which mission article should I open next?

Use this article as the conceptual overview. Then move to the more specific article that matches your task:

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