Planning with AI

From personal travel plans to company projects, effective planning is the first step towards achieving satisfying results.

However, to create a good plan, you need diverse information and ideas, and it can be challenging for one person to think of everything from start to finish.

Generative AI is particularly useful for obtaining ideas for detailed planning and fleshing them out.

When meaningful insights are needed based on a plan, using generated knowledge prompting can help you draw conclusions based on the generated knowledge.

Creating a Travel Plan

When planning a trip, various factors such as accommodations, transportation, and itinerary need to be considered.

If you're finding it difficult to plan, you can use a prompt like the one below to seek assistance from AI.

Travel Planning Prompt Example

Please create a "Barcelona, Spain Travel Plan" under the following conditions.

### Conditions
- Travel Dates: October 1st to 4th, 2024
- Preferred Accommodation: Hotel with a sea view
- Transportation: Use public transport
- Purpose of Travel: Visit main attractions in Barcelona

### Response Format
- Recommended Accommodations: Provide a table with hotel name, price per night (USD), location
- Itinerary: Provide a table for a 4-day, 3-night itinerary including public transport options considering travel times
- Weather Information: Provide a one-paragraph overview of weather in Barcelona in October

### Important Notes
- Suggest "3" hotels with a sea view.
- Limit the price per night to be between USD 80 and USD 400.

As learned earlier, the more specific the prompt, the better.

When planning a trip, you should clearly specify the travel dates, accommodation, transportation, and purpose of the trip. Additionally, when requesting accommodation recommendations, you should not only specify the price and location but also the number of hotels you'd like recommendations for.

Using delimiters such as ### to structure the prompt helps AI to more clearly understand the requirements and desired output format.

Planning a Project

AI can also be a great aid when planning projects for work purposes. It can assist in obtaining new ideas for the project or checking for missing elements.

Below is a prompt example utilizing generated knowledge prompting for planning a mobile app development project.

Project Planning Prompt Example

As an IT Project Manager,
you are planning a mobile app development project for an AI learning community.

Generate 3 key considerations for mobile app development, then draft a preliminary project development schedule based on them.

### Conditions
- Project Goal: Develop a mobile app for an AI learning community
- Project Duration: 12 weeks
- Team Members Involved:
  - 2 Frontend Developers
  - 2 Backend Developers
  - 1 UI Designer
- Multilingual service support required

### Response Format
- Key Considerations:
  - Generate 3 considerations for mobile app development
  - Each consideration should be within a 100-character, single paragraph
- Project Development Schedule:
  - Develop a project schedule based on the "Key Considerations" and "Conditions"
  - Write a weekly-based schedule over 12 weeks in table format
  - Differentiate tasks by frontend, backend, and design for each week

This prompt is constructed to help AI understand the requirements clearly and generate results in the desired format by:

• Structuring the conditions and response format using the ### delimiter

• Highlighting sections with " that AI should clearly recognize

• Using generated knowledge prompting to create 3 key considerations and use these for drafting the schedule

• Requesting responses in table format to enhance the readability of the project development schedule

Exercise

Send the prompt examples and compare the responses from AI.

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