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