AI-Enabled Complex Project Delivery
Deliver complex projects with confidence - using both human insight and AI-driven strategies.
Projects are getting more complex - but your approach doesn’t have to. This course equips you with the tools, techniques and AI-enabled strategies needed to lead complex projects in fast-moving environments.
Led by international project management expert Bob McGannon, AI-Enabled Complex Project Delivery is designed for experienced project managers ready to take their skills to the next level. You'll explore how to navigate shifting priorities, manage stakeholder relationships, and apply AI tools like large language models (LLMs) to simplify decisions and reduce complexity.
Through four interactive online modules and personalised 1:1 coaching, you’ll learn how to:
• Adapt project delivery approaches to match the complexity of your environment
• Strengthen project sponsor relationships for better outcomes
• Use AI to support planning, decision-making and risk mitigation
Whether you’re managing digital transformation, large-scale infrastructure, or multifaceted internal initiatives, this course will help you lead with greater clarity, resilience and impact.
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Meet your course instructor
Robert L. (Bob) McGannon, PMP, GWCPM
Bob is an Honorary Adjunct Professor at Bond University and is the co-founder and director of Intelligent Disobedience Leadership Pty Ltd. He was the founder of Mindavation Inc. in the United States, and Mindavation Pty Ltd in Australia. Bob specialises in advanced leadership techniques, entrepreneurship, and strategic program and portfolio management. Bob has coached inexperienced to advanced business leaders from more than 15 countries, with a wide variety of industry backgrounds and has delivered keynote addresses to conferences and association meetings around the world. Bob has over 30 years of I/T, project management, business analysis and operational leadership experience, 18 of those years with the IBM Corporation.
Bob is a certified Project Management Professional by PMI, was a certified Executive Project Manager with IBM, and a Certified Project Management Coach for the Boeing Corporation. Bob holds university degrees in Operations Research and Mathematics and is the author of ‘Intelligent Disobedience: The Difference Between Good and Great Leaders’ published by Routledge (Oxford, UK). He is a LinkedIn Learning instructor with nearly 20 courses on the platform, covering project management, advanced leadership, and outsourcing management.
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Course information
This course is delivered online in four interactive 2-hour modules, followed by three hours of personalised 1-on-1 coaching to ensure the concepts are effectively applied within your business context.
Module Topics
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Introduction to Complex Project Delivery
In this pre-module, you will be introduced to the course and explore what makes projects complex and how this impacts the project manager’s role. You’ll examine key strategies for managing complexity from project definition through to delivery.
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Small and Large Project Environments
In this module, you will explore the distinct dynamics of small and large project environments, including their advantages, challenges, and impacts on planning and execution. You’ll examine key considerations for managing risk and people in each setting and learn practical strategies for integrating project work with ongoing operational demands.
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Project Methodologies
In this module, you will explore how to select and apply the most suitable project methodology—agile, traditional, or hybrid—for complex projects. You’ll examine the critical success factors for each approach and learn how to tailor methods to suit your project environment.
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Advanced Delivery Approaches
In this module, you will learn how to use AI tools to boost productivity, manage risks at multiple levels, and engage challenging stakeholders. You’ll also explore techniques to strengthen the project manager–sponsor relationship and apply ethical, effective strategies to lead complex projects with confidence.
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Tips from the Trenches – Case Study
In this module, you will assess organisational readiness for AI and digital transformation, explore how to apply data analytics and business intelligence to improve project outcomes, and identify strategies for successful implementation. You'll also integrate course learnings through a complex project case study.
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Introduction to Complex Project Delivery
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Who should complete this course?
This course is designed for early to mid-career project managers who already have a solid understanding of project management fundamentals, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery.
If you're ready to take on more complex projects, or you're already navigating environments with high levels of uncertainty, competing priorities, and evolving stakeholder needs, this course will help you sharpen your strategic thinking and apply AI-enabled tools to lead with greater confidence and impact.
The frameworks and tools taught are highly adaptable and suited to professionals across a wide range of industries and project types.
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Course outcomes
Goals & Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
1. Understand how traditional project delivery disciplines, such as risk and stakeholder management, must be augmented to meet the management needs of complex projects.
2. Leverage new methods, such as AI LLMs, to increase the probability of delivering successful project outcomes.
3. Formulate strategies for developing a productive relationship between the project manager and the sponsor in a complex project environment to deliver complex projects successfully.
Assessment & recognition
Assessment for this course consists of participation in 1:1 coaching and a case study response that assesses your understanding of the learning. You must complete and pass the assessment tasks to qualify for a digital Certificate of Completion.
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1:1 Coaching
While the course lays out proven techniques that have been deployed successfully in many industry contexts, there are nuances to deploying these tools in a given business.
The coaching component of this course provides the learner with the opportunity to:
- Tap into highly experienced project personnel to help them work through those nuances.
- Gain support for specific businesses may have elements of complexity that aren't directly addressed in the course materials.
- Access to a mentor in supporting the management of unique complexities a learner may have, taking a co-created approach to support them to succeed in their work environment.
This course is delivered online in four interactive 2-hour modules, followed by three hours of personalised 1-on-1 coaching to ensure the concepts are effectively applied within your business context.
Module Topics
-
Introduction to Complex Project Delivery
In this pre-module, you will be introduced to the course and explore what makes projects complex and how this impacts the project manager’s role. You’ll examine key strategies for managing complexity from project definition through to delivery.
-
Small and Large Project Environments
In this module, you will explore the distinct dynamics of small and large project environments, including their advantages, challenges, and impacts on planning and execution. You’ll examine key considerations for managing risk and people in each setting and learn practical strategies for integrating project work with ongoing operational demands.
-
Project Methodologies
In this module, you will explore how to select and apply the most suitable project methodology—agile, traditional, or hybrid—for complex projects. You’ll examine the critical success factors for each approach and learn how to tailor methods to suit your project environment.
-
Advanced Delivery Approaches
In this module, you will learn how to use AI tools to boost productivity, manage risks at multiple levels, and engage challenging stakeholders. You’ll also explore techniques to strengthen the project manager–sponsor relationship and apply ethical, effective strategies to lead complex projects with confidence.
-
Tips from the Trenches – Case Study
In this module, you will assess organisational readiness for AI and digital transformation, explore how to apply data analytics and business intelligence to improve project outcomes, and identify strategies for successful implementation. You'll also integrate course learnings through a complex project case study.
This course is designed for early to mid-career project managers who already have a solid understanding of project management fundamentals, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery.
If you're ready to take on more complex projects, or you're already navigating environments with high levels of uncertainty, competing priorities, and evolving stakeholder needs, this course will help you sharpen your strategic thinking and apply AI-enabled tools to lead with greater confidence and impact.
The frameworks and tools taught are highly adaptable and suited to professionals across a wide range of industries and project types.
Goals & Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
1. Understand how traditional project delivery disciplines, such as risk and stakeholder management, must be augmented to meet the management needs of complex projects.
2. Leverage new methods, such as AI LLMs, to increase the probability of delivering successful project outcomes.
3. Formulate strategies for developing a productive relationship between the project manager and the sponsor in a complex project environment to deliver complex projects successfully.
Assessment & recognition
Assessment for this course consists of participation in 1:1 coaching and a case study response that assesses your understanding of the learning. You must complete and pass the assessment tasks to qualify for a digital Certificate of Completion.
While the course lays out proven techniques that have been deployed successfully in many industry contexts, there are nuances to deploying these tools in a given business.
The coaching component of this course provides the learner with the opportunity to:
- Tap into highly experienced project personnel to help them work through those nuances.
- Gain support for specific businesses may have elements of complexity that aren't directly addressed in the course materials.
- Access to a mentor in supporting the management of unique complexities a learner may have, taking a co-created approach to support them to succeed in their work environment.