NEW! AI Applications: Future-Proofing Your PMO with Oscar Wasilik
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Decode how high-performing PMOs across industries are successfully integrating AI ethically, securely, and at scale.
- Create practical AI applications by building a live dashboard, automating a status report, and applying an AI Trust Checklist in hands-on labs.
- Apply proven strategies and free tools to lead AI adoption in your PMO backed by real corporate case studies, peer-tested workflows, and a customized 30-day implementation plan.
Description
You will discover and emulate real-world examples from top Fortune 500 high-performing PMOs that have successfully integrated AI into their PMOs. The examples will be relevant and customized to your industry, confidentiality protocols, and available tools. Through these case studies and guided hands-on demos, you will learn where AI adds the most value, how to avoid common pitfalls, and what it means to lead an AI-aware team.
By the end of the day, you will have built a live project dashboard, automated a status report, and tested free and secure methodologies used by even the most restricted organizations. Take-away documents will include a live executive dashboard built online and in Excel, an “8 Point AI Trust Checklist”, a customized one-page 30-day plan for AI usage customized for you, and tips and tricks from the best PMOs. You will also take a practical look at challenges, ethics, and data privacy to prevent common risks facing innovators. Live videos and in-person networking will connect you with professionals successfully using AI.
The additional two online content modules are a supplement to your in-person course. The content videos share guidance for AI-Prompt engineering, business case studies, micro-coaching AI tools, and industry-leading success strategies. You will learn how organizations have embraced AI using ethical and relevant protocols. We will go beyond analytics and data, preparing you for the changes driven by major technology shifts.
There is a continuing educational opportunity to take additional AI eLearning courses. Free for PMI Members, and nominal fee ($19) for each eLearning course for non-PMI Members.
AGENDA
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Workshop Outline (1 day)
Learning from the Best- Map your current PMO capabilities against common AI opportunity areas
- Identify common automation gaps and success blockers
- Align with peers on top use cases by industry
- Learn how the Fortune 500 PMOs are using AI today
- Review key success factors and mistakes to avoid
Interactive Hybrid Learning Support
- Successful project solutions using AI: PMI Course “Data Landscape of GenAI” Module 1
- Successful project managers using AI: PMI Course “Gen AI Overview of PM” Module 3
Action Lab – Learn by Building Practical Solutions
- Hands-On Lab: Building a Live PAI PMO executive reporting tool
- Identify security concerns and their solutions
- Bonus workflow sprint: automating a status report you already use
- Walk through the “8 Point AI Trust Checklist” for bias, accuracy, and privacy
Peer Interview Panel: What AI Has Helped in My PMO
- Hybrid livestream with project leaders from different sectors
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PDU Allocation Table
| Ways of Working | Power Skills | Business Acumen | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPM® / PMI-CP™ / PMP® / PgMP® | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7.00 |
| PMI-ACP® / Agile* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
| PMI-SP® | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
| PMI-RMP® | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
| PfMP® | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
| PMI-PBA® | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
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Instructor(s)
Oscar Wasilik PMP
Oscar is an accomplished Senior Project Manager with over 10 years of experience successfully leading projects beyond $100 Million in value. He authored the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All paper (2012) along with three world-renowned subject matter experts in international energy projects. Oscar has a particular expertise in driving government and public-sector projects as diverse as G7 embassy projects, arctic power plants, military sites, international data centers and, most recently, the restoration of the Parliament of Canada.
As the youngest graduate of the University of Oxford's master's degree in Major Programme Management, Oscar benefited from, and contributed to cutting edge approaches in international program management with Nobel Prize winning economists, executive practitioners, and experts from around the world. Oscar is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® and holds two professional engineering licenses in Canada. His work was featured in the Financial Times, Economist, New York Times, and other publications.
He has led to completion and analyzed 13 years’ worth of projects, from venture capital, public sector, private sector, military, and United Nations perspectives. His paper on P3 public-private partnership governance between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Government of Canada was co-authored with a former US Supreme Court Justice and addressed the particularly successful practices for large-scale, modern government projects. Oscar is a charismatic presenter and a former world-level debater who ranked within the top 50. He emphasizes emotional intelligence, practical approaches, and a let's get it done attitude that has been described as inspirational and motivating.