Structured Data: The Hidden Force Multiplier for AI
Structured Data: The Hidden Force Multiplier for AI
AI is rapidly becoming part of the project manager’s toolkit, but too often, it’s asked to make sense of messy inputs: spreadsheets, SharePoint lists, Jira screenshots, and Word tables. The result? Incomplete analysis, “hallucinated” answers, and inconsistent insights.
What You'll Learn
Key takeaways from this session
Explain why large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT struggle with unstructured project data.
Describe how structured data (e.g., JSON, tables with schemas) improves AI accuracy and reduces hallucination.
Compare AI outputs from unstructured vs. structured inputs using a real project governance example.
Identify opportunities in their own projects to capture and manage data in structured formats.
Apply practical techniques to make AI analysis more reliable for governance, reporting, and decision support.
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About the Presenter
Eric Christoph
Earlier in his career Eric served as Corporate EVM Subject Matter Expert for L-3 Communications. In that role he implemented multiple EIA-748 Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and helped build baseline plans for over 100 projects and proposal efforts with a combined value over $400B. Eric also represented L-3 on the Board of the NDIA Integrated Program Management Division (IPMD) which oversees the EIA-748 standard. Over the last fifteen years Eric has contributed to several key guidance documents related to EVM including the PMI Practice Standard for EVM, MIL-STD-881, and GAO-16-89G. Today, Eric is a Senior Partner at Transformative Management Solutions where we help project teams and organizations implement EVM and Agile project control solutions using Microsoft Power Platform technologies.
