Aaron SmithEditor - ProjectManagement.com | PMI| PMILos Angeles, Ca, United States
There is so much talk now about how generative AI will impact project management. But is anyone actually using AI to help manage projects yet? If so, how? And is anyone working on a project to implement AI in their organization? Saving Changes...
Not all AI is as Star Trek futuristic as it is portrayed. You're probably using AI on projects without even knowing it. If your phone recognizes your face so you can take notes using speech recognition, you are using AI.
If you think google is good at performing searches, give ChatGPT a try for answering more complex questions. If you're doing research, it can quickly search lots of data sources and organize information in seconds that would take you hours of reading. Trust but verify though ;-).
In fact I typed "Which companies use AI in project management?, and within less than 5 seconds ChatGPT returned a page of short summaries how programs like Monday.com, Jira, Asana, Trello, Wrike, MSP, Smartsheet. Jira, Workfront, and Clarizen all use AI algorithms.
Well said @ Keith, totally agreed. Saving Changes...
Zaeem HaiderProject Manager| Emirates NBD BankDubai, Not In Us, United Arab Emirates
Jun 28, 2023 4:44 PM
Replying to Jose Machicao
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It is impossible not to use it. I can tell GPT all restrictions and goals and comes up with a 95% accuracy sequence
this response is simply amazing if it is from ChatGPT. Saving Changes...
Desiree Underwood-WilliamsDirector, PMO (Innovation & Integration Office)| WCG ClinicalGlassboro, Nj, United States
Yes we’ve been working with AI for quite some time in Clinical Research as you can imagine there’s a lot of data involved so AI is used to analyze data, learn from patterns, forecast, and much more.
With the advancements in large language models we see the use of AI exploding and making room for a lot of innovative enhancements in the clinical research field but also with our approach to problem solving on projects. Saving Changes...
We are currently using it to re-write a lot of technical data that we used to have to contract out for. Now we just have a person with the right education review the content instead of paying someone to write and another to review it. Saving Changes...
Andy KaufmanHost| People and Projects PodcastLake Zurich, Il, United States
Great question! I use generative AI almost everyday, but not for the use cases that get talked about most by prophets of PM AI. :)
Beyond the AI capabilities already embedded in PM tools, I'm using it most often for use cases related to communication and decision-making.
And I interviewed an AI in episode 384 of the People and Projects Podcast. :) Saving Changes...
Guy WeisenbachSr Systems Mgr, Enterprise Systems| Uncommon Schools Inc.Old Bridge, Nj, United States
We are using it to help decompose epics into user stories and create acceptance criteria for the user stories. In our organization we have a few people with deep knowledge of these artifacts but we're trying to push the generation of them closer to the business owners. We're finding that generative AI is quite useful in creating a draft and then humans step in to determine if they are useful, need add'l ones, or just need a few edits. The key is generating the right prompt (I heard someone state that a new job title will be "Prompt Engineer"). Saving Changes...
Soraya SantosSupervisora Administrativa| Congregação Santa Doroteia do Brasil - Colégio Santo AntônioPa, Brazil
Jun 27, 2023 4:08 PM
Replying to Bryson Lee
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I have a mixed answer somewhat, people currently think of AI as ChatGPT, Bard, or Bing - these are large language models (LLMs) mainly designed to be higher functioning search engines with a bit of functionality. LLM's have come a long way since the first iterations but most do not have cross functionality with multiple programs (without plugins) currently. Bard and m365 Copilot will likely be the first that can truly do "work" in regards to project management.
That said Bard and m365 Copilot will somewhat begin a new era in project management since now we will be able to tell an AI what we want it to do with vastly extended capability.
So in short is it 'used' yes but I would classify that use as 'lightly' at best.
Currently it's much more of an informational assistant. The department using it most currently is our marketing dept. and their numbers reflect its use incredibly since it became a commonplace tool.
Recentemente comecei a usar o Bard e tem me ajudade muito com os projetos e na busca por soluções. Saving Changes...
Not all AI is as Star Trek futuristic as it is portrayed. You're probably using AI on projects without even knowing it. If your phone recognizes your face so you can take notes using speech recognition, you are using AI.
If you think google is good at performing searches, give ChatGPT a try for answering more complex questions. If you're doing research, it can quickly search lots of data sources and organize information in seconds that would take you hours of reading. Trust but verify though ;-).
In fact I typed "Which companies use AI in project management?, and within less than 5 seconds ChatGPT returned a page of short summaries how programs like Monday.com, Jira, Asana, Trello, Wrike, MSP, Smartsheet. Jira, Workfront, and Clarizen all use AI algorithms.
AI is both thrilling and scary at the same time. Many of the greatest minds are warning that we need to take precautions to ensure AI does not take over from humans. Saving Changes...
Art GarciaPrinciple Program Manager - Cybersecurity & Distributed Cloud Product Group| F5 Networks - Security ProductsCa, United States
I'm interested in seeing deeper dive case studies regarding how we can use AI to make program/project managers and PMO's better and more effective in their roles and duties. Example problem: A company can't fund enough project managers. So how can we use AI to make an existing PMO and project managers more productive? Example problem: How can AI be used to provide project management support to a broader set of initiatives that require it yet project management resources are limited?
Any interest in starting a community to share and review such topics?
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1 reply by Jose Machicao
Jul 22, 2023 1:33 PM
Jose Machicao
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AI clearly can help current project managers to be more effective. But I don't think that is going to be the trend. Probably only the "philosopher" project manager is going to survive in the market. The "operational" project manager, the one who is skillful to fit resources or find the best way to fit a strategy in a period is going to be replaced by AI for sure.
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