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Description

Project Dashboards and AI: Collect, Automate and Validate Your Reporting

Have an assistant produce your tracking tables and progress summaries without losing control of the figures

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Project reporting is often assembled at the end of the week. Extracts are copied across, variances recalculated, then the same comment is rewritten for three different audiences. More time goes into producing the table than into analysing it, and a single copy-paste error is enough to distort a decision.

Seven hours to put an artificial intelligence assistant to work on that chain. Tracking data is prepared, visuals are generated and the progress commentary is drafted, then everything produced is verified. The day focuses on automating the dashboard, not on selecting indicators.

Learning objectives

  • Structure tracking data so that an assistant can work with it
  • Write precise instructions to obtain a useful table or chart
  • Generate a progress commentary from the variances observed
  • Verify the output and identify calculation or interpretation errors
  • Define which data must not be shared with an external tool

What makes this programme different

Every participant leaves with their own dashboard, built during the day
Effective instructions are captured in a reusable prompt notebook
A full session is devoted to the errors the assistant produces and how to detect them

Programme

1Preparing tracking data

Without clean data the assistant gets it wrong

  • Bringing together the project's tracking sources
  • Cleaning and structuring a data extract
  • Identifying confidential data to be excluded
  • Clarifying what the recipient of the table actually needs

2Generating tables and visuals

Ask precisely to obtain something useful

  • Writing an instruction that specifies the expected format
  • Obtaining a progress chart and a variance tracker
  • Iterating on the output to refine it
  • Building a notebook of reusable instructions

3Commenting and verifying

Keeping control of the figures

  • Generating a progress commentary from the variances
  • Adapting the level of detail to the recipient
  • Checking the calculations and the statements produced
  • Recording what was generated and what was corrected

Who is it for

Project managers, project support officers and team leaders who regularly produce written progress reports.

Prerequisites

Ability to use a spreadsheet and day-to-day experience of tracking a project.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.