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Vibe Coding for Consultants

Build software in natural language: from prompt to app, rapid iteration, quality and security checks, and turning prototypes into production.

Duration
2 days (14 hrs)
Format
Online or on-site
Language
German or English
Participants
open dates or exclusive for your team
Certificate
Certificate of attendance

Overview

“Vibe Coding for Consultants” is a hands-on course for roles such as Management and strategy consultants, IT and process consultants and In-house consulting teams. Rather than learning Vibe Coding in the abstract, you work on tasks from your daily routine – with examples, exercises and templates from Consulting.

Vibe coding lets business users without any programming knowledge build digital tools of their own. You describe in everyday language what a mini app, dashboard or form should do, and tools such as Lovable, Claude, ChatGPT Canvas or Replit generate a working solution. Helpers for your daily work can take shape quickly, without waiting for IT to free up capacity. This course shows you step by step how to make it work, which habits lead to good results, and what really matters along the way.

During the course you build applications drawn from your own work: a KPI overview, a data entry form, a small calculator or an automation for recurring chores. At the same time you learn to assess the risks realistically. Which data may go into such tools, who will run and maintain the solution, and when must IT be involved? With this knowledge you can create useful solutions that are accepted within the organisation and remain secure and sustainable in the long term.

Consulting thrives on rapid onboarding, structured analysis and persuasive communication – exactly where generative AI makes a difference. Consultants use AI assistants to get up to speed on new industries, synthesise interview notes, build hypothesis trees, analyse client data and develop storylines for steering committees. AI agents support desk research, document comparison and first slide drafts. At the same time, AI is reshaping the business model: clients expect faster results and ask what value consultants add beyond what they could generate with AI themselves. Consultants who use AI confidently shift their time from grunt work towards judgement, implementation support and relationship building.

The course is delivered live – either online in a virtual classroom or on-site in our training rooms in Munich, Salzburg, Berlin, Augsburg, Hanover, Bremen, Stuttgart and Kaiserslautern. We can also run it exclusively for your team.

Who is this course for?

  • Management and strategy consultants
  • IT and process consultants
  • In-house consulting teams
  • Independent consultants
  • Analysts and junior consultants

Typical challenges we address

  • Short ramp-up time for new clients, industries and topics
  • Large volumes of interviews, documents and data under time pressure
  • Heavy effort for slides, reports and proposals
  • Confidentiality of client information when using AI

What you will be able to do

  • You build your own mini apps, dashboards and forms through vibe coding without programming skills.
  • You describe requirements clearly enough for AI tools to produce usable solutions.
  • You improve your applications step by step and check the results for accuracy.
  • You automate simple recurring tasks in your working environment.
  • Accelerate onboarding, research and synthesis in consulting projects with AI.
  • Develop structured storylines, slides and proposals with AI support.
  • Use AI in client work in line with confidentiality obligations and communicate its use transparently.

Course outline

Day 1

Module 1 Understanding vibe coding as a business user
  • What vibe coding is and what you can achieve without programming skills
  • Tools at a glance: Lovable, Claude, ChatGPT Canvas, Replit and similar platforms
  • Spotting good candidates for your own tools at work
  • Realistic expectations: strengths, limits and common pitfalls
Module 2 Describing and building your own mini app
  • Capturing goal, users, inputs and desired outcome in plain words
  • Generating a first version and clicking through it together
  • Improving look, wording and flow with targeted feedback
  • Saving milestones and returning to an earlier version when things go wrong
Module 3 Dashboards, forms and calculators
  • Turning Excel or CSV data into an interactive dashboard
  • Building entry forms with required fields and plausibility checks
  • Creating calculators and decision aids for your team
  • Checking results for accuracy with test data and spot checks
Module 4 Automating routine work
  • Identifying recurring tasks that lend themselves to automation
  • Building simple automations for reports, notifications or file storage
  • Discussing connections to existing tools via approved interfaces
  • Documenting automations clearly and handing them over to colleagues

Day 2

Module 5 Risks and coordination with IT
  • Which data may and may not go into AI tools: data protection and confidentiality
  • Managing access rights, sharing settings and public links deliberately
  • Avoiding shadow IT: clarifying operation, maintenance and ownership
  • Preparing a handover to IT when a solution grows or becomes critical
Module 6 Hands-on project: your own solution for Consulting
  • Interview synthesis board – A small app where interview notes are uploaded, tagged by theme and displayed as an overview with quotes for each topic area.
  • Bid checklist – An internal tool that captures requirements from tenders, maps them to proposal sections and highlights open items before submission. Formal exclusion criteria are flagged separately.
  • Benchmark calculator – A simple web app that compares a client's KPIs with stored reference values and highlights deviations graphically. Sources and dates of reference values are documented transparently.
Module 7 Data protection, quality & transfer to daily work
  • Client information is usually covered by confidentiality agreements and may only be processed in AI environments cleared contractually and under data protection law. AI use should be agreed with the client, and personal interview data must be handled in line with the GDPR.
  • Ground rules for safe AI use in your team
  • Checking results: facts, sources, tests and the four-eyes principle
  • Personal action plan for the next 30 days
  • Open questions, outlook and resources for further learning

Practical scenarios from your field

Rapid onboarding

AI produces industry overviews, explains terminology, value chains and typical KPIs and drafts key questions for the kick-off – as a starting point to be verified with reliable sources.

Synthesising interviews

Notes from stakeholder interviews are organised by theme, pain point and quote, patterns and contradictions are drawn out and the results prepared as a basis for hypotheses.

Hypotheses and issue trees

Problems are broken down with AI into mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive sub-questions, hypotheses are formulated and the required analyses and data sources derived. This quickly yields a robust workplan for the team.

Storylines and slides

Analysis results become pyramid-structured storylines, action titles and slide drafts, which the team then sharpens and builds out in the house style. The core message stays at the centre of every slide.

Proposals and bids

Tender documents are analysed, requirements turned into checklists and proposal sections on approach, work packages and team profile written with a clear focus. The client's evaluation criteria are addressed directly.

Faster data analysis

Client data is cleaned, analysed and visualised with AI support, for example for benchmarks, cost analyses or process KPIs, with documented calculation steps. Sanity checks safeguard quality before client presentations.

Possible hands-on projects

Interview synthesis board

A small app where interview notes are uploaded, tagged by theme and displayed as an overview with quotes for each topic area.

Bid checklist

An internal tool that captures requirements from tenders, maps them to proposal sections and highlights open items before submission. Formal exclusion criteria are flagged separately.

Benchmark calculator

A simple web app that compares a client's KPIs with stored reference values and highlights deviations graphically. Sources and dates of reference values are documented transparently.

Prerequisites

No programming knowledge is required; confident use of a browser, office applications and spreadsheets is enough. Experience in consulting projects or analytical project roles; no programming skills required.

Technical requirements

Your own laptop with an up-to-date browser, Git and an AI coding tool of your choice, such as an AI editor or coding agent with an active account.

Data protection & compliance

Client information is usually covered by confidentiality agreements and may only be processed in AI environments cleared contractually and under data protection law. AI use should be agreed with the client, and personal interview data must be handled in line with the GDPR.

Suggested dates

All dates are suggestions – your preferred date is always possible.

  • Tue, 24 November 2026 – Wed, 25 November 2026 Online Request
  • Thu, 3 December 2026 – Fri, 4 December 2026 Hanover Request
  • Thu, 17 December 2026 – Fri, 18 December 2026 Online Request
  • Mon, 11 January 2027 – Tue, 12 January 2027 Munich Request
  • Tue, 26 January 2027 – Wed, 27 January 2027 Online Request
  • Thu, 4 February 2027 – Fri, 5 February 2027 Stuttgart Request

Frequently asked questions

Is vibe coding only suitable for quick prototypes?

Vibe coding shines with prototypes, internal tools and experiments. With the right practices, namely clear specifications, tests, reviews and sound version control, results can also be turned into production-ready applications. The course teaches you to manage that transition deliberately and to recognise early on when rebuilding is the wiser option.

Which tools are used in the course?

The course is vendor-neutral. We work with the main tool categories: AI editors such as Cursor or Windsurf, coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex, and browser-based app builders. You are welcome to use your preferred tool, as the principles of specification, iteration, quality and security apply to all of them.

How should I deal with security risks in generated code?

Generated code often contains typical weaknesses such as hard-coded credentials, missing input validation or overly open interfaces. You learn to check specifically for these patterns, build security requirements into the specification from the start, use automated scanning and require a deliberate human sign-off before every deployment.

Can I use client data in AI tools?

Only if the contract, NDA and your firm's policies permit it and the tool is covered contractually. It is often sensible to agree AI use with the client. The course shows how to work with anonymised data and set clear rules for project teams.

Will AI make consultants redundant?

Grunt work such as desk research or first slide drafts becomes cheaper. Judgement, industry experience, facilitation and implementation support remain in demand. Firms that use AI well deliver faster and can invest more time in real impact for clients. Value shifts towards advice quality and outcomes.

How much does “Vibe Coding for Consultants” cost?

The course costs a flat €949 plus VAT per participant – whether online or on-site. This includes 2 training day(s) with a live trainer, course materials, a lab environment and a certificate of attendance.

Can I suggest my own date?

Yes. Our suggested dates are just a guide. In the request form you can always describe your preferred date or period in free text – we check availability and confirm within one working day.

Is the course online or on-site?

Both are possible: live online in a virtual classroom or on-site in Munich, Salzburg, Berlin, Augsburg, Hanover, Bremen, Stuttgart or Kaiserslautern. We can also run the course exclusively for your team.

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