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GitHub Copilot for Project Planning

GitHub experts will guide participants in leveraging GitHub Copilot's advanced features for project planning, tracking, automation, and reporting. Designed for non-coder and project stakeholder personas, this hands-on training provides use-case-driven demonstrations to help participants maximize value from GitHub Copilot, Agents, Projects, and GitHub Copilot Spaces. Attendees will learn how to automate project workflows, optimize team productivity, and drive better project outcomes using Copilot's AI-driven and automation capabilities across the entire project lifecycle from initiation to closure.

Topics covered

  • Introduction to GitHub Copilot for Project Planning
  • Automating project management workflows with Agents and Custom Agents
  • AI-assisted project tracking, updating, and reporting
  • Integration with GitHub Actions and continuous delivery
  • Agentic workflow opportunities
  • Advanced visualization, filtering, and sorting in GitHub Projects
  • Best practices for project collaboration and execution
  • Governance, guardrails, and compliance for project stakeholders
  • Hands-on labs: real-world use-case demonstrations
  • Frequently asked questions

What you'll gain

  • Unlock advanced project management and reporting using GitHub Copilot's AI-driven automation
  • Increase team productivity and reduce manual tracking overhead across the project lifecycle
  • Gain actionable insights and project intelligence via automated project tracking and reporting
  • Apply best practices and empower teams to collaborate more effectively
  • Accelerate adoption of GitHub Projects and Copilot Features through hands-on guidance
  • Implement responsible AI controls, project guardrails, and governance according to organizational requirements

Learning objectives

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

  • Plan and track projects using GitHub Copilot, GitHub Projects, and related features
  • Automate common project management tasks and drive project status updates with AI
  • Generate real-world project reports, documentation, and analytics
  • Apply best practices for project collaboration, filtering, and monitoring on GitHub
  • Integrate projects with GitHub Actions, Agents, Agentic workflows, and CI/CD for streamlined delivery

Who should attend

Required audience:

  • Project Managers - Program Managers - Engineering Leads - Scrum Masters

Optional audience:

  • Team Leads - Product Owners - Any non-developer stakeholders driving, tracking, or reporting on projects using GitHub

Training details

  • Level: Fundamentals [100]
  • Format: Remote
  • Duration: 2 days; 3 hours
  • Prerequisite: Confirmation that all audience prerequisites are completed