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Your team is divided on the best AI project approach. How will you steer them towards consensus?

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Henrique Diniz, PMO-CP , CPMAI+E, GPM-b Portfolio Management Professional Paulinia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
How is navigate your team towards consensus on an AI project approach?
- Open Discussion
- Analyze Approaches
- Seek Common Ground
- Decision Making
- Communicate Clearly
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George Freeman Thought Leader | Author | Architect| Florida, United States
Henrique,

Are you referring to “AI-empowered project management tools” or “functionally leveraging AI in your deliverable”?
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1 reply by Henrique Diniz, PMO-CP , CPMAI+E, GPM-b
Jul 27, 2024 3:11 PM
Henrique Diniz, PMO-CP , CPMAI+E, GPM-b
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Hi George,

AI-empowered project management tools
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Henrique Diniz, PMO-CP , CPMAI+E, GPM-b Portfolio Management Professional Paulinia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jul 27, 2024 2:03 PM
Replying to George Freeman
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Henrique,

Are you referring to “AI-empowered project management tools” or “functionally leveraging AI in your deliverable”?
Hi George,

AI-empowered project management tools
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1 reply by George Freeman
Jul 27, 2024 5:03 PM
George Freeman
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Henrique,

I would remove the term “AI” from the immediate discussion and instead focus on the feature and function needs of the team (e.g., a feature/function matrix), ranking those needs to provide an objective understanding of what you collectively wish to target (e.g., service provider choice).

Recognize that service provider references to AI may be nothing more than marketing hyperbole, based on the loose definition of AI being “An application, service, or device purposed to perform a scope of tasks that typically requires a human.”

George
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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States
If you're going to manage the team decision then what would you recommend since that will be your plan? Go in with a proposal rather than a plan to mediate open discussion.

Help steer them to the right decision by proposing a solution as a starting point based on what you know. They may bring in reasons why that is not preferable from their perspective, but then you can tailor the solution for what is the best compromise.

The alternative is that people can spend a lot of time complaining about the problem that could be better spent finding the right solution.
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George Freeman Thought Leader | Author | Architect| Florida, United States
Jul 27, 2024 3:11 PM
Replying to Henrique Diniz, PMO-CP , CPMAI+E, GPM-b
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Hi George,

AI-empowered project management tools
Henrique,

I would remove the term “AI” from the immediate discussion and instead focus on the feature and function needs of the team (e.g., a feature/function matrix), ranking those needs to provide an objective understanding of what you collectively wish to target (e.g., service provider choice).

Recognize that service provider references to AI may be nothing more than marketing hyperbole, based on the loose definition of AI being “An application, service, or device purposed to perform a scope of tasks that typically requires a human.”

George
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Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany

To find a solution, you can use the design thinking approach 'double diamond'. It consists of two distinct spaces (diamonds): the problem and solution spaces.

First, you define the problem by finding as many factors as possible through divergent thinking. Then, the team uses convergent thinking to agree on a single problem statement. It's important to remember that in 50% of the cases, the problem might vanish during this process, offering hope for a resolution (It is better to dissolve a problem than to solve it - Ackoff).



Second, you search for many solutions for the problem, create a list, prioritize it, and select the candidate the team likes most. Test it. Decide on it.

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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Is not about to select an AI approach. In fact, there is not Ai approach in AI. The key is to analyze the value stream, define the solution chain for that value stream, and then you can decide, for that solution chain, where to use Ai or not in order to make the value stream efficient to optimize things like time to market of lead time. That´s the key.

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