Rough order, not a ladder. Each track moves at its own pace: your chords can be here while your lead playing is still a stage behind. Nothing has to be mastered before you move on.
Any chord, anywhere on the neck.
CAGED links every shape of a chord across the neck, so you can play a progression in any position without jumping. Shells (root, 3rd, 7th) are how jazz and soul players comp.
Ready to move on when
You can play I–IV–V–I in all five CAGED regions of one key, and comp a jazz standard with shells.
Seven moods from one scale.
The major scale's seven modes are seven moods from one set of notes. Arpeggios let you aim for chord tones, which is what makes a solo follow the changes.
Ready to move on when
You can hear and play the difference between Dorian, Mixolydian and Lydian over a drone, and aim for chord tones in a solo.
Your ear leads, your hands follow.
Comparing modes side by side shows the one or two notes that give each its sound. A drone makes those notes easy to hear.
Ready to move on when
You can say which note gives a mode its colour, and you have a cheatsheet of your own that you actually use.