Beginner · 4 lessons · about 30 min · free certificate
AI for project managers
A practical course for people who plan work, keep teams aligned and deliver on time. You will learn how to use AI for plans, status reports, risk lists and meeting follow-up while keeping the people decisions and accountability with you.
For: Project managers, project coordinators, team leads and anyone who runs projects without the title.
Start lesson 1When you finish
- You can sort project management tasks into what AI can draft, what it assists, and what stays human.
- You can use AI to draft project charters, work breakdowns, status updates and risk lists you then verify.
- You can turn messy meeting notes into clear decisions, owners and dates.
- You can protect project and stakeholder information and follow your organization's AI rules.
- You can describe your AI skills honestly and plan your growth.
Lessons
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- How AI is changing the work of a project managerabout 5 minWhen you finish, you can sort your project tasks into what AI can draft, what AI can assist, and what stays human.
- Your first AI wins: five everyday tasksabout 5 minWhen you finish, you can write a clear prompt for five common project tasks and check each result.
- Guardrails for project managersabout 5 minWhen you finish, you can decide what never goes into an AI tool, how to keep reports honest, and how to handle risks about people and data.
- Grow with AI: your 30-day planabout 5 minWhen you finish, you can follow a four-week plan and describe your AI skills honestly to a manager, client or employer.
Final exam and certificate
8 questions. Score 7 or more for a free certificate of completion you can share and add to LinkedIn. Unlimited tries.
Take the final examPrompts you can use today
Copy one, replace the [brackets] with your details, and paste it into the AI tool you use. Leave out anything private.
Draft a project charter
Help me draft a one-page project charter. Project: [describe]. Goal: [what success looks like]. Sponsor: [role]. Team roles: [list]. Known constraints: [time, budget level, tools]. Include: purpose, scope, what is out of scope, main deliverables, assumptions, and key risks. Label anything you are guessing as an assumption for me to confirm.
Break work into tasks
Break this deliverable into a work breakdown of tasks and subtasks: [describe]. For each task, suggest who typically does it (by role), what it depends on, and a rough relative size (small, medium, large). I will adjust durations with the team. Flag tasks that are often forgotten.
Write a weekly status update
Write a weekly status update for stakeholders from these notes: [paste notes without confidential details]. Use sections: progress this week, planned next week, risks and issues, decisions needed. Use plain language. Mark status as on track, at risk or blocked only if my notes say so. Do not add facts.
Turn meeting notes into actions
Here are my notes from a project meeting: [paste]. Produce a list of decisions, action items with owner and due date (write 'not stated' if missing), and open questions. Then draft a short follow-up message to attendees.
Build a risk list
For a project to [goal] with these conditions [describe], list ten risks across people, schedule, scope, suppliers and technology. For each, give a likely early warning sign and a possible response. I will decide which matter. Do not give numbers for probability.
Prepare a hard stakeholder message
I need to tell [role] that the project will be late because [reason]. Write a calm message that states the situation, the impact, the options I see and what I need them to decide by [date]. Do not blame anyone. Under 150 words.
Plan a retrospective
Design a 45-minute retrospective for a team of [number] after [phase or project]. Include a warm-up, a way for quieter people to contribute, and three questions that focus on process, not blame. End with how to capture actions.
Test my plan
Here is my project plan summary: [paste]. Act as a skeptical reviewer. List the five weakest assumptions, the dependencies I may have missed, and three questions the sponsor might ask that I cannot answer yet.
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