Generative AI: Unleash Your Project Management Potential
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Generative AI: Unleash Your Project Management Potential
This course is part of Generative AI for Project Managers Specialization
Instructors: Daniel C. Yeomans
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What you'll learn
Job-ready gen AI skills in just 3 weeks that will supercharge your effectiveness as a project manager
How to use gen AI techniques and tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and DALL-E throughout the project management lifecycle
Practical, hands-on skills using gen AI to produce a Project Charter and a Work Breakdown Structure
The challenges and ethical aspects you need to consider when using generative AI to plan and execute projects
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There are 3 modules in this course
By 2030, 80 percent of project management work will be done by AI (Gartner), enabling project managers to boost efficiency by automating tasks, generating insights from vast data sets, and speeding up tasks. This course gives existing and aspiring project managers the job-ready skills in gen AI tools needed to significantly enhance their effectiveness.
During the course, you ’ll explore how to use gen AI techniques and tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and DALL-E throughout the project management lifecycle. You’ll also learn about the challenges and ethical considerations of using gen AI in project management. Through hands-on labs, you’ll get valuable practical experience using ChatGPT and other gen AI tools. You’ll work on a Project Charter and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and you’ll summarize documents. Plus, you’ll complete a project to assess how gen AI can be leveraged in a project. If you’re a project manager, project coordinator, scrum master, or other related professional looking to harness the power of gen AI, this course will give you the job-ready skills you need to leap ahead. Enroll today and boost your project management career with skills employers want.
In this module, you will learn how AI is rapidly evolving in the world of project management. AI is significantly transforming the landscape of project management. Most project managers are using generative AI to improve project management effectiveness. You will learn how AI tools and techniques have improved project management tasks' streamlining, idea generation, and overall efficiency.
What's included
11 videos3 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt8 plugins
11 videos•Total 66 minutes
- Course Introduction •4 minutes
- Generative AI for Project Management •6 minutes
- Generative AI Tools for Project Management•4 minutes
- Leveraging the Power of Generative AI •7 minutes
- Integrating Generative AI Effectively•7 minutes
- Generative AI Challenges•7 minutes
- Generative AI Process Success•7 minutes
- Using Generative AI to Improve Communications and Collaboration •6 minutes
- Generative AI for Idea Generation and Requirements Identification •6 minutes
- Generative AI to Improve Stakeholder Experiences and Provide Value •6 minutes
- Generative AI for Streamlining Tasks •7 minutes
3 readings•Total 12 minutes
- IBM Product Spotlight: IBM watsonx Orchestrate•2 minutes
- Course Outline and Prerequisites •5 minutes
- Module Summary: Project Management and Generative AI •5 minutes
3 assignments•Total 38 minutes
- Module 1 Graded Quiz: Project Management and Generative AI•20 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Generative AI Impact on the Project Lifecycle •9 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Leveraging Generative AI to Improve Project Management Effectiveness•9 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- (Optional) Uses and benefits of Generative AI for a Project Manager•10 minutes
8 plugins•Total 105 minutes
- Reading: How to Make the Most of this Course •5 minutes
- Reading: Top Generative AI Tools for Project Management •10 minutes
- Reading: The Power of Prompts •5 minutes
- Lab: Generative AI Opportunities Analysis •30 minutes
- Reading: Leveraging Generative AI across the Project Management Areas of Knowledge •5 minutes
- Reading: Implementing a Generative AI System •5 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Generative AI for Generating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)•30 minutes
- Reading: Module 1 Glossary •15 minutes
In this module, you will gain the essential skills to use generative AI tools for project management effectively. Additionally, you will explore and gain hands-on experience with some popular AI tools employed by project managers. The module will also discuss challenges and ethical dilemmas you may face when using generative AI. Finally, you will learn about the best practices for implementing AI in a manner that ensures transparency and fairness.
What's included
7 videos1 reading3 assignments1 discussion prompt6 plugins
7 videos•Total 46 minutes
- Demo: Generative AI for Research•7 minutes
- Demo: Using Generative AI to Summarize Documents •6 minutes
- Demo: Generative AI for Project Planning, and Innovation •8 minutes
- Future Evolution of Generative AI•6 minutes
- Using Generative AI to Assess Stakeholder Readiness •7 minutes
- Recognizing and Overcoming Generative AI Bias•6 minutes
- Limitations and Challenges Associated with Generative AI•6 minutes
1 reading•Total 2 minutes
- Module Summary: Harnessing the Power of Generative AI •2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 33 minutes
- Module 2 Graded Quiz: Harnessing the Power of Generative AI •21 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Generative AI for Idea Generation and Efficiency•6 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Generative AI Considerations in Project Management•6 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- (Optional) Generative AI Tools and Challenges Associated with Generative AI for a Project Manager•10 minutes
6 plugins•Total 80 minutes
- Reading: Case Study on Successful Implementations of Generative AI in Project Management •5 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Generative AI for Research and Document Summarization•30 minutes
- Reading: Generative AI Risks •5 minutes
- Reading: Ethical Qualms of Using Generative AI in Project Management•5 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Generative AI Ethical and Bias Analysis•30 minutes
- Reading: Module 2 Glossary •5 minutes
In this module, you will showcase your project management skills. Our primary course instructor, Daniel Yeomans, will provide an overview of the key course highlights and takeaways. Additionally, you will get an opportunity to work on a practical project scenario. The module will provide a case study and guide you in applying Generative AI to create essential project documents. You will also receive a "prompt cheat sheet" for project management process groups. The module concludes by congratulating you for the next steps for your career and a thank you from our development team.
What's included
1 video3 readings1 assignment2 plugins
1 video•Total 4 minutes
- Course Highlights and Key Takeaways •4 minutes
3 readings•Total 4 minutes
- What's Next: Explore IBM watsonx Orchestrate•1 minute
- Congratulations and Next Steps •2 minutes
- Thanks from the Course Team •1 minute
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Final Quiz•30 minutes
2 plugins•Total 75 minutes
- Hands-on Lab: Final Project•60 minutes
- Reading: Cheat Sheet: Powerful Prompts for Project Managers •15 minutes
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Reviewed on Apr 11, 2025
The course was useful, however, the use of IBM AI tools and the opportunity to try them out in practice would have increased the value of the course.
Reviewed on Nov 26, 2024
Good Content...Need better access to a LAB that is built into the course...like the Prompt Engineering course...because the "free" Gemini and Copilot don't have the required functionality
Reviewed on Nov 18, 2024
Course content is amazing for upgrading our skills
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