Ready to revolutionize your project management skills? Join us as we dive into the world of ChatGPT, an incredibly powerful language model that's about to become your new best friend in assisting you in managing projects! We'll start with a warm introduction to ChatGPT, giving you the fundamentals on what it is and how it works. Then, we'll take you on a journey to explore its incredible abilities it can help with in project management in seconds with the correct prompts.

We'll show you how ChatGPT can make the foundation of project documentation like a business case or project charter a breeze for you to customize like a pro, saving you endless hours. We'll also demonstrate how it can help you create communication plans, decision-making analysis, critical paths, cause-and-effect diagrams, earned value management, power/interest grids, agile user stories, and more in no time.

But wait, there's more! We'll spill the beans on clever tips and tricks to make the most of ChatGPT in your daily project management tasks as well as using ChatGPT to help pass the PMP exam.

To wrap it all up, we'll host a fun and interactive learning session for you to review everything we've covered and get some hands-on experience with ChatGPT. So come along and discover how you can level up your project management skills with this game-changing AI tool!

Learning objectives:

• Understand the fundamentals of AI and ChatGPT’s role in project management.
• Learn techniques for creating effective prompts tailored to project deliverables.
• Discover AI-driven tools and strategies for managing scope, budgets, and stakeholder communication.

Kristian Bainey is an accomplished senior Information Technology (IT) professional with over 15 years of diverse industry experience. He showcases a dynamic combination of technical expertise and leadership skills. Holding a master's and bachelor’s degree in information systems, a diploma in computer systems technology, and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) program certification with many PhD level courses in information systems.

Bainey holds several prestigious certifications, including PMP, Agile/SCRUM, Prosci, ITIL, and AI. These qualities enable him to efficiently direct and manage IT projects, portfolios, AI development, and integration and change initiatives. His experience spans the application of PMI-PMBOK, PROSCI Change Management, and Agile/SCRUM approaches and extends to digital transformation project development in areas such as GenAI, AI, ML, Deep Learning, Agile, DevOps, AI chatbots, IoT, and continuous improvement. Currently specializing in generative AI (GenAI) and data science within the context of project management, Bainey has worked across numerous business-related IT projects across public and private sectors as a consultant under his incorporation K-PIC Systems as CEO of k-picsystems.com and academic university sectors lecturing on IT and project management part-time.

In addition, Bainey has authored the book, “Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT to Achieve Peak Productivity and Success”, published in 2024 by Wiley Publishing, co-authored a chapter on “Harnessing Effective Prompts for Generative AI Models in Environmental Impact Assessment” for a collaborated international authored book of experts on “Green PMO – Sustainability through project management lens” published 2024, contributed to the first global generative AI PMI course published 2023, Listed on Global PMI’s International Speaker’s Hub, Speaker for Projectified® Podcast PMI Global and other podcasts on AI and Project Management, served as president for the Northern Alberta PMI Chapter (2023-2024) term, and speaker of 40+ sessions including global conferences on AI-driven Project Management (PM-AI).

We look forward to seeing you at our virtual event on March 4^th       

Event Date: Tuesday, March 4^th, 2025

Location: Online (link to be emailed to attendees prior to the event)

Agenda:

• 12:00 pm    Speaker presentation
• 1:00 pm      End of session

Fees:

• Free for Pre-Registered PMI Manitoba Members
• $15+GST for Pre-Registered Non-Members

Event Info:  

• Registration closes Monday, March 3, 2025, at 12:00 pm 
• Event attendance is worth one (1) Ways of Working Professional Development Unit (PDU) 
• No refunds. Substitutions are permitted, provided the substitute is eligible for the same price.

Please email if you have any questions regarding:

• This event, Director of Monthly Programs -monthlyprograms@pmimanitoba.org
• Registration, IT Director, communications@pmimanitoba.org

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