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Strategy & Leadership

Prompt Engineering for Business

A one-day applied workshop for professionals who want to use generative AI more reliably for analysis, drafting, summarization, decision support, stakeholder communication, and everyday business workflows.

Format
Live virtual, in-person, or private on-site
Duration
1 day
Level
Introductory
From
$695.00

About this course

Course overview

Turn AI from a novelty into a reliable business assistant.

Prompt Engineering for Business is a one-day applied workshop for professionals who want to use generative AI more reliably in everyday business work. Learners practice prompt design, context framing, role and audience control, examples, structured outputs, review loops, and governance habits that help AI tools become useful assistants rather than unpredictable shortcuts.

The course is practical from the first module. Participants build reusable prompt patterns for analysis, drafting, summarization, decision support, process work, stakeholder communication, and review, then package those patterns into a prompt library and responsible-use playbook they can apply immediately.

Learning outcomes

What you'll learn

Every module is tied to an outcome you can bring back to your team the next day.

  • Describe how AI tools use instructions, context, examples, constraints, and conversation history to shape output
  • Write prompts that define role, task, audience, source material, constraints, quality bar, and expected output format
  • Create reusable prompts for summarization, analysis, drafting, brainstorming, requirements, risk, decisions, and stakeholder communication
  • Use examples, rubrics, decomposition, iteration, critique, and verification to improve accuracy, usefulness, and tone
  • Identify confidentiality, privacy, bias, hallucination, intellectual-property, and review risks before using AI output
  • Organize prompts, reusable context, review checklists, and workflow habits that support consistent business adoption
  • Document 8.0 PMI education PDUs: 3 Ways of Working, 2 Power Skills, and 3 Business Acumen

Audience

Who it's for

  • Knowledge workers, managers, analysts, project professionals, business support teams, and functional leaders using AI at work
  • Professionals who draft, summarize, research, analyze, prepare meetings, document decisions, or communicate with stakeholders
  • Teams that need reusable prompt patterns, shared quality checks, and responsible-use habits
  • Organizations building a practical AI adoption baseline beyond introductory awareness

Course structure

Syllabus

A structured path from core concepts to applied practice.

Module 1

One-Day Workshop

  • Prompt engineering foundations: how generative AI responds to instructions, context, examples, constraints, conversation state, and model limitations
  • Core prompt patterns: zero-shot, few-shot, role-based, structured, planning, compare/contrast, critique, refinement, and decomposition patterns
  • Business analysis and decision support: summaries, stakeholder maps, interview preparation, requirements drafts, risk analysis, process notes, and decision briefs
  • Output quality, review, and verification: quality rubrics, fact review, hallucination detection, tone control, stakeholder-fit review, critique, revision, and gap inspection
  • Workflow integration and prompt libraries: reusable context blocks, role-specific templates, versioning, usage notes, daily workflows, meetings, documentation, and decision support
  • Governance, risk, and responsible use: confidentiality, privacy, bias, intellectual property, customer data, sensitive decisions, escalation, documentation, and 30-day adoption planning

Public cohorts

Upcoming sessions

Secure your seat in a live, instructor-led cohort. Private team deliveries available on request.

No public cohorts on the calendar yet.

We run this course as a private team cohort on demand, or you can be the first to know when the next public date drops.

Frequently asked questions

Still have questions?

Do I need prior AI experience?
No. This course is designed for business professionals who want practical, hands-on prompting skills. It is useful both for newer AI users and for people who have experimented with AI but want more consistent results.
Is this a technical course?
No. The course focuses on prompt design, business workflows, output review, quality control, and responsible use. It does not require coding or machine-learning experience.
What do participants leave with?
Participants leave with a prompt design checklist, starter business prompt library, output review toolkit, responsible-use playbook, and 30-day AI workflow adoption plan.
How many PMI PDUs does this course provide?
This course documents 8.0 PMI education PDUs: 3.0 Ways of Working, 2.0 Power Skills, and 3.0 Business Acumen. PDUs can be self-reported to PMI under the Course or Training category.
Can this be tailored for private teams?
Yes. Private sessions can be tailored to your approved AI tools, confidentiality rules, team workflows, prompt library needs, documentation standards, and governance expectations.

Bring this training to your team

We deliver private cohorts in-person and online, tailored to your operating context.