Leading AI Projects to Success: Business Track
9,2 Rated
AI projects succeed or fail on leadership, not just algorithms. This course equips transformation leaders and program managers to turn business ambition into real outcomes with AI.
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- Dutch
- English
Short summary
Leading AI Projects to Success: Business Track equips transformation leaders and program managers with the insight and tools needed to drive AI projects from ambition to measurable outcomes. This one-day intensive course focuses on the leadership patterns, governance, and cross-functional collaboration required to turn AI initiatives into trusted, value-generating systems.
Participants will engage in practical exercises to map business goals to AI capabilities, manage risk and complexity, and build the conditions for sustainable success. In an environment where AI is shaping competitive advantage, effective leadership is essential to ensuring that AI projects deliver real business impact and lasting change.
Our Trainer
Shaun McGirr
Chief AI & Data Officer, DevOn, Speaker
Data leader Shaun McGirr’s expertise spans statistics, academia, and consulting, especially in automotive data science. Known for his insights in the documentary Data Science Pioneers, Shaun promotes the power of strategic questioning in data science for real-world impact.
Course objectives
After completing this hands-on session, you’ll be able to:
- Frame AI initiatives in terms your execs and teams understand
- Spot risks and blockers early, even when you don’t control the tech
- Use a repeatable methodology to go from “we should do AI” to working products
- Avoid overpromising and underdelivering on AI hype
Course outline
Morning
- Why AI Projects Fail – Learn from common pitfalls across industries
- Defining the Right AI Problem – Map your org’s pain points to viable AI use cases
- Project Planning – What’s different (and what’s not) about AI in your portfolio
Afternoon
- Hands-On Case Study – Apply the framework to a business challenge of your own
- Delivery Without Drama – Governance, vendors, value tracking, and scaling
- Final Takeaway – Tools, templates, and talking points to lead the change tomorrow
Target audience
The target audience for the Leading AI Projects to Success: Business Track course are professionals including:
- Business-side transformation leaders
- Program and change managers
- Strategy and innovation leads tasked with delivering AI-powered change
Top reviews of our trainings
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The training was very engaging and gave a big-picture understanding of AI. For me, it further stressed the importance of minimizing uncertainties and how AI can help here.
AI for Product Owners & Product Managers
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Very good training
DevOps Foundation
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I was given a different (better) perspective on unit tests
TDD
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Good practical examples
DevOps Foundation
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The exercises and support throughout the training were very good to understand. I’d like to see more examples of AI implementations and various types of AI. Overall a positive experience!
AI for Product Owners & Product Managers -
Energy / clear
Masterclass Leading a DevOps Transformation
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Need help?
Please contact us via email or call us by the number stated below. We are more than happy to help you.
+31 (0)15 - 241 19 00
academy@devon.nl
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FAQ
After your registration has been confirmed, you are still able to change the date up to 20 days before the first day of the training. You are able to do this once. Please send your request to academy@devon.nl or call +31(0)15-24 11 900 for further assistance.
Two weeks before each training, we will check if we have enough participants for the training course to be valuable and continue. If this is not the case, we will inform you by e-mail, with options for a new date and location. After this notification, you will have the right to cancel or change your registration within 5 working days.
On the website you can choose to pay via iDeal, creditcard or by invoice with a payment period of 30 days.
Most of our courses are available in both English and Dutch. We have a selection of training courses which are only available in English, which will be on that training page. Our rule of thumb for courses in the Netherlands is – the course is in English unless everybody speaks Dutch, then the course is in Dutch. If you want to be sure you are in a Dutch course, please get in touch with academy@devon.nl in case the information on a specific date is not available on the course page.
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All course material for the open registrations is in English.
If you are doing the PSD (Scrum.org) or one of the certified DevOps Institute trainings, you will receive your exam code on the final day of the training.
We have a payment term of up to 30 days
