GenAI for Execs & Business Leaders: Formulate Your Use Case
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GenAI for Execs & Business Leaders: Formulate Your Use Case
This course is part of Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders Specialization
Instructor: IBM AI Academy
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Step-by-step how to formulate plausible genAI business applications for your organization
How to mitigate AI implementation risks
Best practices for ensuring valid, useful AI output
Factors to consider when assessing AI implementation feasibility
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There are 2 modules in this course
As an exec or business leader, integrating genAI effectively into your organization will be a top priority. However, navigating how to strategically use this tool is daunting. This short course guides you through formulating effective genAI use cases for your area of business.
Through a series of hands-on activities, you will apply genAI best practices while using IBM’s watsonx AI engine to brainstorm ways to leverage this powerful tool in your organization. You will then construct a potential use case yourself. You will: - Write effective prompts - Develop a business goal to address your pain points - Choose an appropriate genAI application suited to your goal - Critically examine your use case feasibility by considering common risks and reflecting on ways to mitigate them. Throughout the course, you will draw on your own industry expertise and leverage that knowledge to refine your ideas for your organization with genAI assistance. To get the most from this course, we recommend you take the first 2 courses in the Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders specialization as well. You should also be familiar with basic AI terminology and common AI business concepts.
In this module, you’ll learn how to communicate effectively with generative AI tools through effective prompts to get high-quality, business-relevant outputs. You’ll experiment with different prompting and gain hands-on experience in crafting prompts tailored to your specific use cases—helping you move from experimentation to strategic application.
What's included
3 videos2 readings2 app items1 discussion prompt
3 videos•Total 16 minutes
- Welcome to the Course•3 minutes
- Elements of effective prompts •7 minutes
- Approaches to writing prompts•7 minutes
2 readings•Total 7 minutes
- Course Overview•2 minutes
- Lesson summary•5 minutes
2 app items•Total 35 minutes
- [Optional] Lab: Getting to Know Our AI Prompting Tool•20 minutes
- Lab: Explore prompt writing •15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 7 minutes
- [Optional] Prompt Writing Approaches •7 minutes
In this module, you’ll learn to apply GenAI strategically within your organization. You’ll learn how to identify and write high-impact GenAI use cases that align with business goals and also consider the potential risks. Through real-world case studies—both successful and unsuccessful—you’ll explore what makes a use case effective and sustainable. You’ll also evaluate the feasibility of your proposed use case by analyzing AI outputs, refining your ideas, and applying lessons learned from real business scenarios. By the end, you’ll have a well-formulated, viable GenAI use case ready to present in your own organization.
What's included
3 videos4 readings1 assignment2 app items1 discussion prompt3 plugins
3 videos•Total 22 minutes
- Writing Strategic GenAI Use Cases•8 minutes
- Risk Awareness and Mitigation with GenAI•8 minutes
- Evaluating AI Output•7 minutes
4 readings•Total 17 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
- Congratulations and Next Steps •5 minutes
- Thanks from the Course Team •2 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Graded Quiz for Certification: Final Quiz •30 minutes
2 app items•Total 45 minutes
- Lab: Formulating a Business Goal with AI Assistance•15 minutes
- Lab: Finalize Your Use Case•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 7 minutes
- Discussion Prompt: Reflections on Poorly Constructed Use Cases•7 minutes
3 plugins•Total 55 minutes
- Case Study Reading: Integrating AI Successfully •25 minutes
- Case Study Reading: An Unsuccessful Chatbot Use Case•25 minutes
- Case Study Reading: Misguided Marketing Campaign•5 minutes
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Reviewed on May 14, 2025
Focuses on writing effective prompts, and successful and failure use cases.
Reviewed on Nov 2, 2025
Very nicely curated course material. Explained basic concepts in a very simple way and easy to understand.
Reviewed on Mar 29, 2025
Really helped me understand AI prompts and how to better get the answers you need as well as identify hallucinations in AI :)
Frequently asked questions
Anyone interested in the use of generative AI from a business leadership perspective.
Basic AI terminology (models, prompts, LLMs, hallucinations, bias)
Concepts related to enterprise AI implementation (governance, ethics, data needs, use cases)
Common issues and risks associated with AI implementation in enterprise.
Common genAI capabilities and applications
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