The Project Manager Agent: AI as a Team Member?

Artificial Intelligence Talent Management Teams

Kasual Gadsden

AI as a Team Member? Welcome to Project Management in 2025!

I recently came across a fascinating YouTube demonstration of project manager agents in Microsoft Planner. This innovation allows AI agents to be assigned tasks within a project, functioning as stakeholders or even team members. It's incredible to see how quickly these concepts are becoming realities!

As we enter 2025, a year poised to accelerate innovation across industries, I want to pose a question to my fellow project managers and organizational leaders:

-Are you currently using tools like this in your projects?
-Are you assigning AI agents to specific tasks or workflows? If so, how are they being used?

If you're not using such tools, do you foresee implementing them in the future? What barriers or concerns might you have?

This shift represents a new frontier in project management, one where AI isn't just a tool but a collaborative force that needs to be considered as a stakeholder. It's both extraordinary and thought-provoking, but it raises questions about its impact on our workflows, teams, and decision-making processes.

How are you preparing for this shift? What do you see as the opportunities and challenges ahead?

I'd love to hear your thoughts and insights!
Microsoft Planner AI Agents Demonstration.
Check out the video I referenced here: https://youtu.be/8mVBD9rbzdo?si=D7xOh1AYqdjPFRcx

Posted: Jan 15, 2025 2:41 PM

Eric Simms Senior Program Manager Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Good post. I look forward to watching this YouTube video. At the moment I can't imagine the sorts of tasks with which an AI can be trusted.
My biggest concern with AI tools is that people seem all too eager to use them as shortcuts to supply answers they do not know. Since many people don't bother rigorously checking the answers AI supplies the misuse of this technology can ruin projects, and often the errors won't be identified until problems begin manifesting.

Posted: Jan 15, 2025 3:33 PM

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The Project Manager Agent: AI as a Team Member?

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