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?
Donna OttDirector of PM/PMO| ETSMaple Shade, Nj, United States
i think it will increase a project managers skill set therefore making them more valuable. Leadership is always asking for things to be done more efficiently and the use ofr Generative AI will allow project managers and their teams to improve their results. Saving Changes...
The prompt engineering is very powerful. But, how difficult to explain the task and the scenario is, there is low probability to be automated with AI. Saving Changes...
Arin AdebayoHuman Resource Specialist| Minnesota HousingSt Cloud, Mn, United States
I strongly agree that the adaptation of Generative AI can it help PMs differentiate themselves and command higher value. It creates room for growth and improvement. It builds clarity on project and can also serve as a second eye on project structure and design. Saving Changes...
Thomas ParhamPrincipal Consultant| Technology Leadership ServicesEncinitas, Ca, United States
It seems to me that AI will not commoditize project management skills, but rather, will free up so much time that a PM spends assembling and fitting tools - tables, graphs, charts, communications - for a given project, so that they can spend more time collaborating, leading teams and working with stakeholders to perform better PM, and possibly, more PM. Saving Changes...
CARLOS JAVIER RUIZ ZAPATACEO| Opex Online AcademyCochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Currently, I work for a technology company where we use AI and other technologies to develop software to prevent money laundering and fraud. Even though the product is high-tech and has the latest developments on AI, the current trend in project management is that "people" still command project work. So, I think AI is best suited to empower PMs even more to add increasing higher value. Saving Changes...
Simon TamPM Consultant| Global Business Mangement ConsultantHong Kong, Hong Kong
May 24, 2024 7:55 AM
Replying to Md. Golam Rob Talukdar
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While prompt engineering may streamline certain aspects of project management, skilled project managers who combine technical knowledge, soft skills, and strategic thinking could be continue to command higher value.
We use ChatGPT to improve the effiency on getting the necessary data from the data source but still this is important to interpret the data provided and draw meaningful conclusions. Saving Changes...
The adoption of prompt engineering in project management is a faster instrument to do the work, it will help project managers accomplish heavy repetitive tasks in a matter of seconds, and it surely can be used to differentiate PMs and it should be added to the PM power skills. Saving Changes...
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