Redefining project management: 7 areas where AI is revolutionising the industry

Andreea Dascalu, MAPM
5 min readAug 23, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, project management continues to play a crucial role in ensuring the successful execution of strategic initiatives. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshaping how projects are planned, delivered and monitored, we’re seeing exciting opportunities for organisations to drive efficiency, increase productivity and enhance decision-making processes.

According to Gartner, 80% of today’s project management tasks will be eliminated by 2030 as big data, Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) empower AI to perform data collection, tracking, reporting and predictive analysis.

Whether you’re a seasoned project manager or just stepping into the field, understanding these AI-driven shifts will undoubtedly shape the way you approach projects and excel in project management.

1. Planning and scheduling

By analysing resource availability and task dependencies, AI tools can create accurate and optimised project schedules that align with objectives and deadlines.

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Andreea Dascalu, MAPM

Programme manager and operations professional writing about industry insights, trends and tools. Full Member of the Association for Project Management (APM).