Bill Rouck
10 months ago
This review is for the course "Artificial Intelligence for Project Managers".
This is a quality course, led by Cornelius Fichtner. The course is divided into nine lessons, each with a learning objective on an aspect of AI. The course is worth 14.75 PDUs.
If you have listened to the Project Management Podcast or have used Cornelius's PMP exam materials, you'll immediately recognize Cornelius's pleasant, engaging and entertaining teaching style. The course is viewable online in their learning system, or on a mobile device via podcast software.
The course covers the general objectives of understanding the fundamentals of AI in project management, applying AI tools and techniques in PM, and adapting to the evolving role of a project manager in AI-integrated work environments.
The general focus is on AI literacy, especially human role in AI and ethics. Cornelius starts with where AI came from, how it is not a single tool but a mosaic of tools, how it evolved from statistical tools and automation, and where it is going in (inevitably) helping project managers with adaptability and problem-solving. Cornelius includes lessons on machine learning approaches and foundational knowledge of how AI works. The coursework and the interviews of professionals discuss data input to AI, and how quality and biases must be addressed and mitigated.
Cornelius gets into writing good prompts, and shows samples of using AI tools to build reports and other deliverables for projects. He also discusses the future of the PM's role in working with AI and adapting it our individual work, and integrating it in to our team's work, as AI becomes more advanced. The course concludes with a few expert interviews to give more insights on the impact of AI on project managers and our work.
I appreciated the comprehensiveness of the course, and recommend it for any project managers with an interest in how AI works and how it will impact the field.
Creative assertion: no AI was used in the development of this review