ChatGPT for Project Management: Insight, Planning, & Success

ChatGPT for Project Management: Insight, Planning, & Success

Name: ChatGPT for Project Management: Insight, Planning, & Success
Rating: 4.75 (80 reviews)

This course is part of ChatGPT for Project Management - Leveraging AI for Success Specialization

Instructor: Dr. Jules White

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

80 reviews

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Organizational Skills
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Work Breakdown Structure
Category: Project Planning
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Project Schedules
Category: LLM Application
Category: Risk Management
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Project Management
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Timelines
Category: Project Risk Management

Tools you'll learn

Category: Generative AI
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Prompt Engineering

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There are 3 modules in this course

In "ChatGPT for Project Management: Insight, Planning, & Success," you will learn how to leverage large language models (LLMs) to enhance your project planning and strategy development. This course covers techniques for using LLMs to break down complex projects into manageable tasks, phases, goals, risks, and more. You’ll discover how to utilize AI for organizing project components into timelines, schedules, strategies, dependencies, and Gantt charts to create a cohesive plan.

Explore how prompting can give you instant access to "subject matter expert" insights on any topic, and learn how to control LLM output with the template pattern for precisely formatted plans and project documents. You’ll also master the use of AI to analyze risks, assess alternative approaches, generate metrics and OKRs, and optimize your project plan. By the end of this course, you'll have the skills to integrate LLMs into your project planning process, driving insight, strategy, and success.

What's included

7 videos4 readings1 assignment1 ungraded lab

7 videosTotal 63 minutes

Welcome to Mastering ChatGPT for Project Management2 minutes
ChatGPT's Fundamental Capabilities for Enhancing Project Management10 minutes
Decomposing Projects into Tasks, Phases, and Other Parts with ChatGPT17 minutes
Getting More Detail into Tasks, Phases, and Parts with ChatGPT9 minutes
Using ChatGPT to Tap Into Subject Matter Expertise with the Persona Pattern4 minutes
The Persona Pattern14 minutes
Persona Pattern in Action for Project Management & Task Breakdown6 minutes

4 readingsTotal 32 minutes

For Those that Have Taken Other Courses that I Teach2 minutes
Reading a Prompt Pattern10 minutes
Format of the Persona Pattern10 minutes
Learning More & Staying Connected10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 60 minutes

Planning a Theme Park on a Volcano60 minutes

1 ungraded labTotal 60 minutes

Practicing Decomposition & Personas60 minutes

What's included

10 videos1 reading1 assignment1 ungraded lab

10 videosTotal 79 minutes

Prompt Inputs & Context for Project Management15 minutes
Extracting Maximum Value from Every Meeting, Document, Report, and Email8 minutes
Using ChatGPT to Organize Plans, Tasks, Schedules, and Other Project Items8 minutes
Intro to the Template Pattern 2 minutes
Template Pattern12 minutes
What is Markdown6 minutes
Template Pattern8 minutes
Self-consistency, Fact Checking, & Referencing Footnotes10 minutes
Escape Valves in Prompts4 minutes
More Advanced Markdown Templates7 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Format of the Template Pattern10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 120 minutes

Building a Project Plan for an Ancient Wonder of the World120 minutes

1 ungraded labTotal 60 minutes

Practicing Organizing with an LLM60 minutes

What's included

6 videos1 assignment

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Reviewed on Aug 19, 2025

Interesting and good instruction on expanding the use of ChatGPT, Jules is a great presenter

Reviewed on Jul 13, 2025

very informative for an all around general approach to using LLM in your work and in your daily life.

Reviewed on Jan 6, 2025

easy to listen to and understand, a lot of fun learning more in depth promting

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