AI Project Management Min-Seminar (LUNCH & LEARN)-Online Event

AI Project Management Min-Seminar (LUNCH & LEARN)- Online Event

Join us for an engaging session on AI project management at Lasell University. Learn from industry experts, network with like-minded professionals, and enjoy a delicious lunch while expanding your knowledge on the latest trends in AI project management. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and stay ahead in the ever-evolving tech world! Apply best practices to your projects.

During this compact hour seminar you will get a scope of the following:

• Explain the fundamentals of project management
• Define the project lifecycle and triple constraint (time, cost, scope).
• Recognize the importance of project management in achieving organizational goals.
• Differentiate between methodologies
• Compare Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid approaches.
• Identify which framework is best suited for different project contexts.
• Apply project management tools effectively
• Use software tools (MS Project, Jira, Trello, Asana) to plan, track, and report.
• Interpret dashboards, Gantt charts, and Kanban boards.
• Develop strategies for risk and stakeholder management
• Assess potential risks and create mitigation plans.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders using reports, meetings, and dashboards.
• Evaluate the role of AI in project management
• Describe how AI can automate scheduling, resource allocation, and reporting.
• Discuss ethical considerations and the evolving role of the project manager.
• Analyze real-world project case studies
• Extract lessons learned from successes and failures.
• Plan a career path in project management
• Understand major certifications (PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, Agile).
• Identify opportunities for growth and leadership roles in PM.

About your Instructor:

Jim Hannon has over twenty years of diversified experience in Information Technology in various industries, functioning primarily as a senior Agilist. Mr. Hannon possesses an expert level of project management and agile skills and has led many substantial and successful multi-organization projects. Mr. Hannon led seven company-wide transformations to Agile and provided remarkable changes to numerous companies. These transformations involved over 500+ teams and impacting over 100 products. The Agile methods used were Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, and Lean. The transformation efforts were estimated to save close to $25-$50 million in quicker times to market and reduced quality issues.

Mr. Hannon is a certified Agile coach and has worked with C-Level executives, transformed teams, played Scrum Master and Product Owner roles, and mentored new teams. Mr. Hannon also held the role of Lead Scrum Master in development positions. Mr. Hannon has worked extensively with DevOps groups in multiple corporations to build best practices. Mr. Hannon has extensive experience in tools like Jira, Jira Align, Version One, and other Agile tools. Mr. Hannon has practiced Agile methods in IT, services, sales, marketing, operations, and government. Mr. Hannon is very active in the Agile and PM community as a speaker and participant in creating new ideas.