How to Build a Project Risk Register With AI in 20 Minutes
What used to take hours the night before a steering meeting — the prompts, the categories, and the one move most people skip.
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The whole series is organized around one idea: real PM and BA work happens in recognizable moments. Find the moment you're in — the books supply the tool, the prompt, and the judgment for it.
The system
Each category below is a chapter's worth of workflows across the series. No single AI tool wins them all — that's the point.
Configure each AI tool once — projects, custom instructions, memory — so every later prompt starts from strength.
Book 1 · both playbooksRequirements gathering, document summarization, and stakeholder interviews — turning raw input into structured understanding.
Book 1 · playbooksBacklog scoring, MoSCoW passes, and trade-off analysis with an AI second opinion you can defend.
Book 1 · playbooksStandup prep, sprint planning inputs, and mid-sprint course corrections in minutes, not meetings.
Book 1 · playbooksExecutive updates, difficult emails, and steering-committee packs — in the voice your leadership expects.
Book 1 · playbooksScored risk registers, RAID logs, and mitigation plans built from your scope — with the failure modes flagged.
Book 1 · playbooksPattern-finding across sprint feedback and honest retro summaries that don't bury the real issue.
Book 1 · playbooksRequirements docs, process documentation, and handovers — drafted fast, reviewed properly.
Book 1 · playbooksProcess mapping, reporting automation, and the recurring ops workload that quietly eats your week.
Book 1 · agents playbookCV positioning, interview prep, and skill planning for the PM/BA career arc — with AI as the thread, not the subject.
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Every article walks one named workflow end to end — the scenario, the prompt, the review step, and where it breaks. Free on Medium and Substack.
What used to take hours the night before a steering meeting — the prompts, the categories, and the one move most people skip.
Read the article →The hard part was never the writing — it's keeping the report honest when AI makes "fine" sound convincing.
Read the article →An AI note-taker gives you a tidy summary. It doesn't give you owners, deadlines, or a decision anyone can be held to.
Read the article →The free pack gives you ready-to-run prompts across these categories — no purchase, no catch.
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