AI and the Project Manager: How the Rise of Artificial Intelligence Will Change Your World

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
Introduction
	Note
Chapter 1 What This Book Is (And Isn’t)
	Notes
Chapter 2 Background
	Artificial Intelligence 101
	Why AI and Why Now?
	Notes
Chapter 3 The Rise of the Machine
	Myths and Legends
	First Beginnings and Winters
	High Points From Fantasy to Reality
	Notes
Chapter 4 Categories of AI
	Process Automation
	Chatbots
	Machine Learning
	The Autonomous Project Manager
	Is It AI?
	How Much Data?
	Notes
Chapter 5 Explainable AI
	A Question of Trust and Reliability
	So, What Is Explainable AI?
	Don’t Expect to Comprehend the Unexplainable
	We Are Only Human After All
	Augmented Actionable Insight
		Filtering the Noise
		Combining Science and Design
	Notes
Chapter 6 People-Centric AI
	Don’t Be a Hater!
	AI Isn’t AI, and You Don’t Always Need It Anyway
		Without Knowing Where You Want to Go, Using a Ferrari Will Only Get You Nowhere Faster
	AI-fuelled Coaching of Leaders and Teams
	Project Matching
		Skills Can Be Developed, But Engagement Can’t
	Prediction
	Market Predictions in Project Management
	Project Success Measurement
		A Team Is Only as Great as the Sum of Its Parts
	Chatbots for People/Automate Communication Intelligently
	How Do We Use AI? Understanding Root Cause in Project Failure
	The Boring But Important: Data Privacy and Ethics
	Conclusion: People-Centric AI
		Passion Over Skills!
	Notes
Chapter 7 Resistance Is Futile
	Don’t Be a Vogon
	Your Virtual Partner
	But You Need to Change That Mindset
	Notes
Chapter 8 Projects Are About People
	Three Big Asks
	Project Team Analytics
	The Opportunity of AI
	Perfect Symbiosis
	Notes
Chapter 9 AI and the Lazy Project Manager
	Keep It Simple
	Going for an AI Drive
	Keep On Being ‘Lazy’
	Notes
Chapter 10 A Perspective From the Old and the Wise
	Illusion Confusion
	Actionable Information
	No Free Lunch
	Beneficial Uses of AI in Project Management
	Some Serious Considerations
	What Won’t AI Do for Project Management?
	Notes
Chapter 11 A Perspective From the Young and Enthusiastic
	Hope and Fear!
	Digital Natives
	Smart People Need Smart Tools
	Science Fiction to Science Reality
	The Data Jungle
	The AI Marketplace
	Automated Tasks May Not Be AI in Action
	What Excites Me?
	Concluding Thoughts
	Notes
Chapter 12 Thoughts On the Future Project Manager
	Five Big (As Yet) Unanswered Questions
	In the AI/PM World, Can Anyone ‘Do’ Project Management?
	In the AI/PM World, Will Certifications Be Valueless?
	In the AI/PM World, Will We Abandon Methodology?
	In the AI/PM World, Are Professional Bodies Irrelevant?
	In the AI/PM World, Will Our Skills Be Devalued?
	Much to Ponder
	Notes
Chapter 13 Survey
	Introduction
	AI in Project Management: Survey Response Details
	Personal Thoughts
Chapter 14 A Final Word: Fish Have Hands
	Notes
Chapter 15 Other Weird and Interesting Facts
My Valued Contributors
	Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
	Craig Mackay
	Bentzy Goldman
	Lee Lambert
	Marco Steidel
Chapter I’ll Be Back
Index