“Transforming Ideas into Action” is a two-day introductory course designed to provide participants with a clear and accessible roadmap for developing their first AI project, from identifying a useful idea to creating a functional AI agent.
Transforming Ideas into Action: A Step-by-Step Course for Building Your First AI Project
Training details
Location
Start Date
07/12/2026
Time
09 : 00
End Date
08/12/2026
Target Audiance
Non-Technical
Teaching language(s)
Organizing institution
ICI Bucharest
Delivery mode
On-site
Level
Introductory
Format
Hands-on session, Lecture, Workshop
Industrial domains
other sectors, Public sector
Topics / Keywords
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, AI Agents, AI Project Development, No-Code/Low-Code AI, Automation, Prompting, AI Adoption
What You Will Learn
After attending this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamental concepts of Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI and AI agents without requiring a technical background.
- Identify tasks, problems and ideas that can realistically be transformed into AI-based projects.
- Translate an initial idea into a clearly defined AI use case with objectives, users, inputs, outputs and expected results.
- Understand the main components of an AI agent, including the AI model, instructions, knowledge, tools, actions and integrations.
- Follow a practical roadmap from idea and use-case definition to the configuration, testing and improvement of a first AI agent.
- Install or access an appropriate AI-agent environment, configure a simple agent and test it using a practical use case.
Agenda
| DAY 1 – CONCEPTS & ROADMAP | From idea to a structured AI project |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Introduction: AI from a non-technical perspective What AI and Generative AI are, where they can create value, and examples of practical AI projects and agents. |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Understanding AI agents What an AI agent is, how it differs from a chatbot, and the role of models, instructions, knowledge, tools, actions and integrations. |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Finding the right idea and defining the use case Identify a problem worth solving and transform an initial idea into a clear use case with users, objectives, inputs, outputs and expected value. |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Break |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | The AI project roadmap A step-by-step path from idea and requirements to tool selection, configuration, testing, deployment and continuous improvement. |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Designing your first AI agent Define the agent’s purpose, tasks, boundaries, information sources, tools and expected behaviour using a guided worksheet. |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Responsible and realistic AI adoption Data, privacy, security, human oversight, limitations, costs and practical criteria for deciding whether an AI agent is suitable for a use case. |
| DAY 2 – PRACTICAL WORKSHOP | Build and configure your first AI agent |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Preparing the environment Guided installation or access to the selected AI-agent platform and overview of the interface, accounts and basic configuration. |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Creating and configuring the agent Create the agent, define its role and instructions, configure its behaviour and add the information or knowledge required for the selected use case. |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Break |
| 12:30 – 13:45 | Adding capabilities Configure available tools, actions or integrations and understand how an agent can interact with information and perform useful tasks. |
| 13:45 – 15:00 | Testing and improving the agent Run realistic scenarios, evaluate the outputs, identify problems and iteratively improve instructions, knowledge and configuration. |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | From prototype to next steps Final practical exercise, demonstration of participant agents, lessons learned, next steps for further development, and Q&A. |
Course Description
Artificial Intelligence can turn everyday ideas into practical tools, but for many non-technical users the main challenge is knowing where to start. “Transforming Ideas into Action” is a two-day introductory course designed to provide participants with a clear and accessible roadmap for developing their first AI project, from identifying a useful idea to creating a functional AI agent.
Day 1 focuses on concepts and planning. Participants will explore the fundamentals of AI, Generative AI and AI agents, learn what an AI agent can and cannot do, and understand the main building blocks of an agent-based solution. Through guided examples, they will learn how to define a problem, formulate a use case, identify the required inputs and outputs, select suitable tools and create a realistic implementation roadmap.
Day 2 is practical and guided. Participants will install or access the selected AI-agent environment, configure the main components of an agent, define its instructions and knowledge, connect appropriate tools or actions where relevant, and test the agent against a simple use case. By the end of the course, each participant will have followed the complete process from an initial idea to a basic working AI-agent prototype and will understand the next steps required to improve, validate and responsibly use it.