Foundations of AI-Driven Project Management

This unit introduces learners to the evolution and core concepts of AI as applied to project management, covering initiating and concept phases, conversational AI interfaces, prompt engineering, forecasting, people management, and cybersecurity considerations. It prepares students to use AI tools for faster information gathering and decision making and to evaluate strategic and organizational principles for responsibly integrating AI in project workflows, setting the stage for deeper implementation and governance in subsequent units.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze the evolution of AI and explain its implications for project management processes, particularly during the initiating and concept phases
• Apply AI-powered chat interfaces and prompt engineering techniques to conduct accelerated project inquiries, information gathering, and scenario-based forecasting
• Demonstrate use of AI chatbots for personalized stakeholder communication and basic people-management tasks while identifying related ethical and cybersecurity considerations
• Evaluate organizational principles and risk controls for integrating AI models into project teams and produce a concise implementation recommendation for a project-management context