ICAgile Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (ICP-FAI)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the business world, creating new opportunities, challenges and competitive advantages. This course, developed by Daugherty Business Solutions in partnership with ICAgile, provides a comprehensive introduction to AI for the enterprise, covering technology, strategy and ethics. It is designed for business professionals and organizational leaders who want to learn how to implement and innovate with AI in their organizations.

The course consists of a series of sessions totaling 24 hours of immersive learning. Each session includes multiple case studies that relate to AI for the enterprise, with a balance of theory and practice.

Schedule: 3 hours on Monday - Thursday over 2 weeks
This allows learners to meet in small sessions which is more effective for long-term understanding, retention, and practical application. Professionals or students can integrate the course into their schedules without disrupting work or personal responsibilities.

Class Schedule: 8 day course
Meeting Days: 3 hours on Monday - Thursday over 2 weeks

Course Part 1: Monday May 12, 2025 - Thursday May 15, 2025
Course Part 2: Monday May 19, 2025 - Thursday May 22, 2025
Start Time: 8:00 AM Eastern Time
End Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Time

Course outline

• Itroduction to Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise
• The Technical Backbone of AI
• Organizing AI for Competitive Advantage
• Establishing An AI Solution Path
• Building Organizational AI Competency
• Ethics and Governance
• Prompt Engineering (Parts 1-4)

Learning Outcomes

• At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
• Apply two or more approaches to mitigate the impact of bias in AI solutions for a case study or real world scenario
• Describe what AI is and what AI isn't as well as common uses for AI
• Identify the basic concepts of AI and its growing influence in various industries
• Describe the key points in the evolution of AI.
• Compare and contrast the available AI components and concepts and describe when and how to use each of them.
• Explain the current capabilities of AI and discuss the common misconceptions of AI in the enterprise.
• Design the ethical considerations for the use of AI in your organization.
• Define the moral principles that guide the use of AI.
• Discuss the ethical dilemmas and considerations of the use of AI in organizations.
• Assess the impact of Agile practices on AI solution implementation for a case study or real-world scenario.
• Discuss how the agile mindset is applied in the use of AI.
• Explain the importance of agile behaviors and their impact on the use of AI.
• Identify the skills and/or roles needed for a cross-functional AI team.
• Practice crafting effective prompts using relevant context and the syntax required in two or more AI solutions.
• Explain the qualities of a well-crafted prompt.
• Apply two or more techniques for prompt engineering and revision to produce accurate results.
• Compare and contrast the results of prompts with and without context.
• Identify the syntax needed for effective prompt engineering for two or more AI solutions.
• Define an AI initiative that is appropriate for your organization and explain your rationale.
• Explain how AI drives business growth and keeps organizations competitive.
• Analyze a case study or real-world scenario to make recommendations for AI initiatives that support the strategic objectives.
• For a case study or real-world scenario evaluate an organization's AI maturity level and make recommendations for AI initiatives that are appropriate for that maturity level.
• Identify the key differences between traditional and AI initiatives.
• Describe two or more AI initiatives and the AI solutions used by those initiatives to create business value.

Who Should Attend?
This course is ideal for anyone who wants to learn the transformative power of AI in the business world, whether they are business professionals, organizational leaders, strategists, consultants or technical enthusiasts. No prior experience or knowledge of AI is required, as the course covers the basics and progresses to more advanced topics. The course is designed to be interactive, engaging and relevant, with real-world examples, case studies and exercises.

What’s included:

• Attendees who actively participate throughout the training receive the ICAgile Certified Professional – Foundations of AI (ICP-FAI) certification which is recognized worldwide and allows you to create a personal profile on ICAgile.com.
• No certification renewal fees. Once you earn an ICAgile certification, it’s yours for life.
• Agile framework agnostic
• Shareable Certificate via Credly on LinkedIn
• PDU and SEU POINTS - you can earn up to 14 Category C SEU points and up to 14 PDU points to use towards your future training.

Cancellation by CGI

CGI reserves the right to cancel or reschedule a class at any time, including but not limited to, insufficient registrations, classroom or trainer unavailability, or if the trainer could not attend due to unforeseen circumstances.

You are advised to consult a CGI contact person prior to making any travel arrangements for a training.

CGI is not liable for any direct, indirect, consequential or special damages that may be incurred due to a cancellation of a scheduled class, including, but not limited to cancellation penalties owing to transportation or accommodation arrangements.

Registrants would not be charged for the training and would be offered full credit to a future workshop or full refund as per the wish of the registrant.