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APM COURSES: So, all the dates here are to be discussed and prepare for website for the showcase at annual conference November 25th. So, original date was November 28, but it took like 3 days of contingency, and it gives me a table like this, and I can copy paste and I can put the dates that I like to and that’s something that I would take as the next step. So, one of the comment is pick my attention to Katerina saying, “If my PSO made these mistakes we would have a performance conservation”. Absolutely, so think of this ChatGPT and Gemini as your assistant. It is not a project manager, it is not replacing project manager, but it is doing things that would take you like 30 minutes to do. It can give you this table in like one minute and now you can copy paste and make this table in your own. You don’t have to type all the things that were discussed in the meeting, and this is where the value is of the time saving. And how we can do 80% of tasks and optimise our capabilities, very good question, Katrina.Select your preferred training course below:00:29:11 Mashhood Ahmed : Now in Gemini, I want to show you one more feature here, it shows export to sheets. So, if you click on that one it can save this table into the Google sheets and from there you can put into anything that you want right. So that’s something OK, I got this table all the dates are incorrect. But I can fix the dates, but all the tasks or actions are correct or maybe need some fine tuning or some massage. But this is doing your 60% of your job that to at least type it in right so you don’t have to type all those things that were discussed in the meeting. Now, going back to my prompts, I will put a next prompt that is based on this meeting. Can you help me define the resources? Do we need to complete this project? OK, so I would like to understand the resource management. Based on this meeting, what project resources do we need to complete this project? So, any response the ChatGPT or Gemini is giving to you, you’re not gonna copy paste as is because your reputation would be at risk, as Katerina said that you know this would have like a performance conversation definitely. Think of this as an intern, somebody who knows something but makes some silly mistakes and you need to keep a tap because your name will be on that paper. Now if I put this prompt, what resources do I need and let’s see. So, it is saying personal resources, we do need a project manager, we do need a web developer, OK we do need UI, UX designers, we do need content creator, we do need quality assurance, we do need system admin and stakeholder representative from different teams. Now as an experienced project manager, we know that resource does not mean just a human resource or the people resources, but could include other resources like budget, technology and other things. So, let’s see what other resources it is giving us.AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSES00:31:26 Mashhood Ahmed