Recently I have worked on testing and training an AI model to be able to serve as a a project assistant. But as a project manager, would you like to have an AI tool review your work, make suggestions, create reports, and provide you with self-audit loop holes? What else do you expect from such a tool? Saving Changes...
What you are describing are activities which a project analyst/coordinator often does to support a PM. As such, the AI tool provides a cheaper way to accomplish those same activities.
Where real value will come is when the AI tool has a sufficiently large historical database of relevant projects to provide accurate decision support. I envision something like the computers on Star Trek which would provide a confidence level for specific paths of action.
Kiron
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1 reply by Ali Vakilzadeh
Sep 20, 2023 1:29 AM
Ali Vakilzadeh
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Dear Kiron,
Basically, every AI works based on historical data which technically they call "training data". Of course the larger the training, the better guess is made by the AI. The challenge is just similar to what project managers do on a daily basis, to distinguish and record the lessons learned.
Zora had both the clean training and the USS Discovery's un-clean historical data.
It depends how you define the assistant. Right now, I use AI to write the texts, summarize the notes, etc. Saving Changes...
Pat LidenGlobal Senior Project Manager| DBC COMPANY | FedExCaldas Da Rainha, Leiria, Portugal
I have been testing ChatGPT and in fact it have supported me in many many ways. But i also realized that if we are not a good prompter and if we don't have a deep knowledge of project management (or another matter that we are working for), ChatGPT will not help us because he 100% depends from us. This is the paradox that many people will be in face soon in my opinion, because people will think that maybe studies won't be necessary because AI will solve their challenges, when it is exactly the opposite. Agree?
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3 replies by Ali Vakilzadeh and Pat Liden
Sep 20, 2023 1:37 AM
Ali Vakilzadeh
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I think prompting will be a huge pain if you want to use an assistant. It's supposed to help you out, not make you more trouble.
I am thinking about a solution that won't need precise and practical prompting to guarantee its correctness.
Sep 20, 2023 8:22 AM
Pat Liden
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@Ali, I am enjoying the experience to practice prompting... and ChatGPT are giving me more that I could expected. In my experience I understood that the context that you give it is directly proportional to the quality he answer you. More context more precise answers.But I agree that not everybody will have good experinces, mainly because the culture and knowledge that each of us developed in life.
Sep 21, 2023 2:22 PM
Ali Vakilzadeh
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@patricia, prompting and improvement methods can be helpful. Imagine you are using an AI assistant that walks with you every day of your project and remembers the whole project context without needing to be given a long prompt. I think it can be a great experience.
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Ali
The topic you brought to our reflection and debate is very interesting.
I am convinced that, more and more, project managers will use chatbots with artificial intelligence (AI) to support them in their project management activities
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1 reply by Ali Vakilzadeh
Sep 20, 2023 1:32 AM
Ali Vakilzadeh
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Of course, we will need much more than a simple chatbot which needs to receive a bunch of descriptions before they begin to become helpful.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Ali
I do agree with Kiron and Patricia. I don’t mind using AI assistant as long as I am comfortable that it has enough historical data to be able to make sound decisions and checks and at the same time, I need to be experienced enough in order to assess as well if what the AI tool is providing in terms of feedback is sound, or not.
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Robert BelzerProject Manager| First American TitleLas Vegas, Nv, United States
+1 to what everyone else has said. Note taking, summarization, documenting action items works well as long as the right prompts are given such as "So let's talk about Action Items...". Historical data is key to understanding both context and perhaps other concurrent efforts that may be relative to the project in question. I need to know how best to use the tool in order to get the greatest benefit.
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1 reply by Ali Vakilzadeh
Sep 20, 2023 1:41 AM
Ali Vakilzadeh
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Thank you. I guess you have thought a lot about it, and I appreciate it if we could speak in more detail.
What you are describing are activities which a project analyst/coordinator often does to support a PM. As such, the AI tool provides a cheaper way to accomplish those same activities.
Where real value will come is when the AI tool has a sufficiently large historical database of relevant projects to provide accurate decision support. I envision something like the computers on Star Trek which would provide a confidence level for specific paths of action.
Kiron
Dear Kiron,
Basically, every AI works based on historical data which technically they call "training data". Of course the larger the training, the better guess is made by the AI. The challenge is just similar to what project managers do on a daily basis, to distinguish and record the lessons learned.
Zora had both the clean training and the USS Discovery's un-clean historical data. Saving Changes...
Dear Ali
The topic you brought to our reflection and debate is very interesting.
I am convinced that, more and more, project managers will use chatbots with artificial intelligence (AI) to support them in their project management activities
Of course, we will need much more than a simple chatbot which needs to receive a bunch of descriptions before they begin to become helpful. Saving Changes...
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