Are AI task management tools actually changing project management?

luc Dev Singapore

I’m seeing more tools move from AI that simply suggests tasks to AI agents that can participate in the workflow helping manage tasks, follow up on progress, and handle repetitive project work.

The challenge is keeping humans involved while still getting real value from AI agents.

I recently came across Sharkly.ai, which is built around collaboration between human team members and AI agents within the same project workflow.

Curious how other project managers are currently using AI task management tools in their projects.

Posted: Sep 16, 2026 6:06 AM

Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal

Luc, I wonder whether there are actually two different changes here: changing how project management work is performed, and changing project management itself.

An AI agent can follow up on progress, update tasks, coordinate routine work, and even exercise bounded operational discretion while the underlying decision rights, governance, and accountability remain essentially unchanged.
That can materially change execution without necessarily transforming the management system around it.

For me, the deeper change begins when agentic capability alters not only who or what performs the work, but how judgment, coordination, and decision authority are distributed across the work system.
At that point, keeping humans merely “involved” is not enough.
What matters is where meaningful human judgment, authority, and intervention remain necessary, proportionate to the consequences of agent actions.

So I would be interested in where you draw the boundary: what would need to change before you would say AI agents are transforming project management rather than automating more of its work?

Posted: Sep 16, 2026 6:20 AM

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Are AI task management tools actually changing project management?

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