Peter Taylor

AI and the Project Manager (eBook, PDF)

How the Rise of Artificial Intelligence Will Change Your World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Enabling project managers to adapt to the new technology of artificial intelligence, this first comprehensive book on the topic discusses how AI will reinvent the project world and allow project managers to focus on people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000464122
• Artikelnr.: 62503874

Autorenporträt

Peter Taylor is a project management expert, speaker, author, and consultant. He is also a change expert who has built and led fi ve global PMOs across several industries and has advised many other organisations on transformation strategy. He is the author of the Amazon number one bestselling project management book The Lazy Project Manager, along with many other books on project leadership, project marketing, project challenges, and executive sponsorship. In the last few years, he has delivered over 450 lectures around the world, in over 25 countries.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUTHOR
INTRODUCTION BY ANTONIO NIETO-RODRIGUEZ
INTRODUCTION BY PETER TAYLOR
WHAT THIS BOOK IS (AND ISN'T)
BACKGROUND
Artificial Intelligence 101
Why AI and why now?
THE RISE OF THE MACHINE
Myths and legends
First beginnings and winters
High points from fantasy to reality
CATEGORIES OF AI
Process Automation
Chatbots
Machine Learning
The Autonomous PM
Is it AI?
How much data?
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
PEOPLE CENTRIC AI
Don't be a hater!
AI isn't AI, and you don't always need it anyway
AI fueled coaching of leaders and teams
Project matching
Prediction
Market predictions in project management
Project success measurement
Chatbots for people / automate communication intelligently
The boring but important: data privacy and ethics
Conclusion: people centric AI
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
Don't be a Vogon
Your virtual partner
But you need to change that mindset
PROJECTS ARE ABOUT PEOPLE
Three big asks
Project team analytics
The opportunity of AI
Perfect symbiosis
AI AND THE LAZY PROJECT MANAGER
Keep it simple
Going for an AI drive
Keep on being 'Lazy'
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?
Some serious considerations
What won't AI do for project management?
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
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
SURVEY
Introduction
AI in Project Management - Survey Response Details
Personal thoughts
A FINAL WORD - FISH HAVE HANDS
OTHER WEIRD AND INTERESTING FACTS
MY VALUED CONTRIBUTORS
Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
Craig Mackay
Bentzy Goldman
Lee Lambert
Marco Steidel
PETER TAYLOR
OTHER BOOKS BY PETER TAYLOR
I'LL BE BACK