Will the widespread adoption of prompt engineering commoditize project management skills, or can it help PMs differentiate themselves and command higher value?
Director, Learning Design & Development| PMIAsheville, NC, United States
Hi PMI Community! I’m Sarah Philbrick, and I work as a Product Manager at PMI with a focus on our learning offerings. As we go on this skill-building journey together, I’m excited to engage in meaningful conversations, explore trending topics, and learn from each other.
Reflecting on one such topic, GenAI and prompt engineering, I am interested to hear your perspective on commoditization vs. differentiation.
Will the widespread adoption of prompt engineering commoditize project management skills, or can it help PMs differentiate themselves and command higher value?
Anil RahejaProject Manager| Tadweer GroupAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"Will the widespread adoption of prompt engineering commoditize project management skills, or can it help PMs differentiate themselves and command higher value? /span Let us start by differentiating Prompt Engineering and Project Management. While PMs can leverage AI through good Prompt Engineering, its still upto PM to utilize the output and apply it in the best possible for the benefit of the Project and and its stakeholders Saving Changes...
Prompt engineering is definitely going to help Project Managers in getting the right information from an organisation existing data and plan and execute the different phases of a project and included tasks in more efficient way.
From my perspective, I believe that the opportunity for self-development, learning, and integration into AI applications and prompt engineering will lead to a leap in the mindset of project managers and executive leaders, both personally and professionally. However, they need to continuously pursue development and learning; otherwise, a limited group will practice AI applications and prompt engineering and use them as a commodity, creating a kind of monopoly. Saving Changes...
Anonymous
Reading all the comments to gain knowledge on this rapidly evolving space.
Prompt engineering must be used as a tool , we have to adapt in this dynamic world. I believe that technology can improve our skills if we use it wisely
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ilias maravasPrincipal Project Engineer Roads and Utilities| PARSONS CORPORATIONAgios Dimitrios, I, Greece
AI is undoubtedly an additional tool in project management. However, it cannot replace project managers, as they possess critical thinking—an essential element for making well-informed decisions, particularly under conditions of uncertainty and conflicting requirements.
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Shray MittalAccount Project Manager| SecureTech LLC Abu DhabiMeerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Even, I try to use multiple AI tools to streamline my work with what is expected from client perspective. But when it comes to actual formatting, we have to do it manually.
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Melinda WrightRetired| NoneMountain Home, AR, United States
GenAI will take on the repetitive tasks of a PM, in addition to providing a refresher on said tasks. The PM will then be free to engage with the stakeholders. This is a crucial role that is sometimes neglected.
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Dion CodringtonProject Manager| ArkiTechs IncTrinidad and Tobago
May 25, 2024 7:54 PM
Replying to Raman Chadha
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I think any technology that can automate parts of the project management chain can commoditize project management skills once it becomes commonplace. GenAI could be the most powerful such technology that we have seen yet, at least in the recent past. That said, there will always be room to use it as an enabler for managing more complex tasks, e.g., tasks that involve more human to human interaction. We are only scratching the surface of how it can be used and for the foreseeable future, I think it can help differentiate Project Managers if they are open to embracing it and experimenting with it. More than prompt engineering, it will be about being creative in identifying new use cases that GenAI could solve.
Indeed will always be a good commodity. The key for us as PMs is to understand its use and leave room to understand where the soft skills for execution is needed. The AI is meant to help us do what took a long time span to a short productive span. We become lost in our PM-ness if we ourselves become robotic in the fulfilment of our role. In a nutshell, we have to find the balance in being effective with the RTA and CREATE model while still being human :) Saving Changes...
Stephen HendrySenior Technical Delivery ManagerLondon, United Kingdom
AI and LLM are great tools. My major concern is the risk of hallucination and the fact the AI LLMs consume enormous amounts of invalid, false or dangerous data.
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