AI-Enabled Project Management Workshop

 

AI-Enabled Project Management Workshop

 

Where Foundational Project Management Meets Operational AI

 

AI tools are increasingly being used to support documentation, communication, planning, and information management across industries. This workshop helps professionals explore practical, responsible ways to use these tools within the project management practices they already rely on.

 

Over three weeks, participants learn project management fundamentals, then build an AI-assisted playbook for a real workflow from their own job. Two full in-person days are connected by a one-hour virtual check-in, so you can try what you’ve learned on real work between sessions, bring back questions, and leave with a working tool you can use the next day.

 

The workshop will be led by Darryl Agee, an adjunct professor in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech and a PMP- and PMI-ACP-certified project management practitioner and trainer.

 

The workshop will be offered in January 2027 and again in March/April 2027. Choose the workshop that works for your schedule:

 

·         When:

 

January 2027 Workshop

 

o   Session 1 (in person): January 15, 2027, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

 

o   Session 2 (virtual, 1 hour): January 22, 2027, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

 

o   Session 3 (in person): January 29, 2027, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

 

-OR-

 

March/April 2027 Workshop

 

o   Session 1 (in person): March 26, 2027, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

 

o   Session 2 (virtual, 1 hour): April 2, 2027, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

 

o   Session 3 (in person): April 9, 2027, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

 

 

 

·         Where: Virginia Tech Roanoke Center for Sessions 1 and 3; Session 2 is held online via Zoom. In-person attendance is expected for Sessions 1 and 3 because of the hands-on work.

 

·         Cost: $1,495, including the participant workbook, playbook starter kit, and weekly office hours between sessions.

 

·         Experience level: No technical or coding background is required. This program is designed for professionals who manage projects, operations, workflows, or cross-functional teams and want practical experience with AI-supported work.

 

 

What’s included

 

·         Participant workbook: a printed guide covering work breakdown, playbook fundamentals, and the in-class exercises, so you have a reference after the workshop ends.

 

·         Playbook starter kit: a library of ready-to-adapt AI playbooks for common project management tasks, so you aren’t starting from a blank page.

 

·         Weekly virtual office hours: drop-in time between sessions to get help applying what you’re building to your own work.

 

·         Your own working playbook: built around a real workflow from your job and ready to share with your team.

 

·         Breaks and Lunch for in-person sessions

 

Apply AI to everyday project work

 

Explore practical ways AI can support common project management tasks while keeping people in charge of oversight and decisions. The workshop emphasizes practical application, repeatable processes, and responsible use of AI in professional environments. Participants practice using AI to:

 

·         Draft and refine project communications.

 

·         Organize meeting notes and action items.

 

·         Create structured project documentation.

 

·         Support stakeholder updates and reporting.

 

·         Streamline information gathering and organization.

 

·         Turn one-off tasks into repeatable templates and workflows.

 

 

 

 

Partial funding may be available from your local workforce board. Please contact Toni McLawhorn at the Greater Roanoke Workforce Development Board for more information. Funding must be approved prior to the start of the course.

Organizations are encouraged to send teams to build shared workflows and practical approaches together.