Presentation: “AI in Product Managment”
Description:
Stop treating AI like a feature and start using it as a teammate. In this hands-on workshop, John Johnson (Lead Product Faculty, UMD) walks you through designing an end-to-end agent workflow that offloads rote PM work—research synthesis, meeting notes, ticket drafting, experiment setup—while improving team collaboration and the quality of customer feedback loops. You’ll learn how to frame agent goals, wire data sources and guardrails, evaluate outputs for trust and reliability, and translate results into outcome-centric roadmaps. Leave with a reusable workflow template, an evaluation checklist, and a practical plan to pilot an agent with your product team next week.
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John Johnson serves as the Professional Programs Manager at the University of Maryland, College Park, Project Management Center for Excellence. He leads the initiatives that help grow the Project Management Center for Excellence across its three pillars: Academic Excellence, Outreach and Professional Development, and Research. His primary programs include the MEng in Project Management, the MPS in Product Management, the Massive Open Online Course Program with over 500k enrollees, and the Project Management Symposium with over 700 attendees annually. Mr. Johnson also teaches graduate courses on Agile and Predictive management at the University of Maryland’s Project Management Program. In partnership with the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, Mr. Johnson is co-led creation of the Masters of Professional Studies in Product Management (MPPM), building on his years as a CTO, Startup Co-Founder, and Senior Agile Project Manager.
