From PM to AI: An Open Letter to Artificial Intelligence

Anju Aggarwal, Founder, PM Consultant in Delhi

  Artificial Intelligence  

Dear Artificial Intelligence,

It is good to hear you are making significant advancements in every field. I know that you are developing tools that will benefit project managers. Some of us fear that you might make PMs redundant, as you have made many others already.

Unlike other PMs, I am pleased to see you making advancements in the project management field. If you want to make us redundant, you are more than welcome to do so. As it is, a project manager’s work is a thankless and tireless job. When the project is successful, it is the team members' or CEO’s efforts; but when the project fails, it is always due to a project manager's incompetency. I think it would be great to have a partner in crime for project failures. Instead of a human PM, AI could now be made the scapegoat for failures.

Project managers are struggling to get their due recognition in many companies. Due to a lack of support from higher management, some PMs work as executive assistants. They are only responsible for “filling out forms,” “booking meetings,” “writing minutes,” “getting approvals” and “sending emails.”

You will make senior management happy with your AI-induced project management tools. It will be a boom for all companies where project managers work as executive assistants rather than leaders. I always …

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