About this course

AI for project managers.

Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 12 quick checks · 1 download

Who it's for
Project managers, project coordinators and anyone running projects at work who wants to use AI assistants well, in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time. You start with just your first name and email, and you can take one whole course that way. After that, a free account lets you continue past lesson 1.
Sources we rely on
10 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.

By the end you can

Identify which project tasks suit AI help and which need human judgment
Draft a project brief from notes and test its objectives, scope and assumptions
Break down project work with AI while keeping estimates and dates with the team
Build a risk register with clear statements, human ratings and named owners
Write honest status reports and lessons learned, and keep project data safe

Downloads

Project AI prompt kit .docxPrompts and checks for the brief, task breakdown, risk register, status report, change request and lessons learned, with templates and sample notes.

Rules by country

Australia: Digital Transformation Agency: assume anything entered into a public generative AI tool could be made public. Follow your organization’s project framework and approved tools.
United Kingdom: UK AI Playbook: AI systems are not guaranteed to be accurate. Government projects follow the Government Functional Standard GovS 002 for project delivery; other organizations have their own frameworks.
United States: NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework is a voluntary reference for managing risks of AI systems, including generative AI risks such as confabulation. Follow your organization’s policies and approved tools.

Learning time

About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.

Sources

Check the originals.

How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.

General information and training only. Courses may count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules.

What is project management? · Association for Project Management (UK)
Stakeholder engagement · Association for Project Management (UK)
How to write AI prompts for project management · Association for Project Management (UK)
What is project management? · Project Management Institute
Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile (NIST AI 600-1) · NIST (US)
AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) · NIST (US)
Artificial Intelligence Playbook for the UK Government · Government Digital Service, GOV.UK
Staff guidance on public generative AI · Digital Transformation Agency (Australia)
Use Copilot without transcribing or recording a Teams meeting or call · Microsoft Support
Use “Take notes for me” in Google Meet · Google Meet Help

Publisher

Who publishes this course.

Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.

How it's made: researched from published official, regulator, professional-body and vendor guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. Read how these courses are made.

Last updated: 1 November 2026

General information, not careers, legal, employment or professional advice. Spotted an error or an out-of-date rule? Send us a correction.

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