It
may seem surprising, but the issue of using artificial intelligence for project
management has been going on for more than 30 years. Back in 1987, a landmark
article by William Hosley, “Using Artificial Intelligence Applications for
Project Management” was released. In the same year, under the auspices of
NASA, a study was completed on the effectiveness of the application of
artificial intelligence in project management.
Meanwhile,
a large number of solutions have recently appeared that can be conditionally
divided into two classes:
Virtual
assistants to the project manager
Artificial
intelligence in project management systems
Let's
consider some of them:
1. Virtual assistants to the project manager
PMOtto.ai
In
2017, Allan Rocha and Ricardo Vargasintroduced PMOtto - a service of a personal a virtual assistant to the project manager, combining chatbot functions and an
interface for interacting with project management systems and project
portfolios, for example, with Microsoft Office 365 Project Online. Project
participants can freely communicate with PMOtto via smartphone or webchat.
Report the status of tasks, inform about risks, request the necessary
information. PMOtto recognizes speech and text and converts it into commands
for information systems. In addition, PMOtto can give recommendations on the
implementation of the project, based on the results of machine learning and the
algorithms implemented in it. The developers claim that PMOtto is a combination
of various profiles with over 20 years of project management experience!
The
French startup Lili.ai, created with the aim of introducing artificial
intelligence methods to optimize project budgets and increase project
management efficiency, represents Lily, a virtual project management assistant.
Lily performed well, received several awards, including the CogX AI Rising Star
Award is a participant in the prestigious X-Prize. Lily maintains a professional
blog liliai.blog Chatbot
“Ivan from Project
PRACTICE”
In
2018, the Distance Learning Center of the Group of companies “Project PRACTICE”
introduced a prototype virtual assistant project manager is the chatbot
“Ivan from Project PRACTICE”. Working through Telegram, Ivan (@ivanpm_bot)
could share his experience in implementing project management, provide, upon
request from the project manager, templates for project documents.
Autodesk Construction IQ
Construction
IQ (formerly known as Project IQ) is an intelligent assistant for construction
projects that use the Autodesk BIM 360 platform. Using machine learning
methods, Construction IQ collects and analyzes data on the quality and safety
of construction sites, possible project risks. For example, it identifies jobs
with a high probability of a shift in deadlines and other risks. Construction
IQ extracts information from recorded project data - the results of
observations and audits, technical supervision logs, photographs, terms of
reference, reports of contractors and other project documents. All this is used
to identify, analyze and prioritize project risks. The results of the risk
analysis performed by Construction IQ are presented to users in Project Home -
a single window that displays key information about the project, including
progress on the work, an interactive model of the facility, camera data, etc.
Bitrix24
Software
Robots Help Manage Projects Using Bitrix24 Solution- they can create new tasks
for the project, appoint or change responsible executors, update the status of
tasks, send the necessary letters and fulfill other tasks.
On
the Bitrix24 platform, Bitrix24 functionality has also been developed. Assisett
, which allows you to work with popular voice assistants, such as Yandex Alice
or Google Assistant. Using Bitrix24.Assisetnt you can distribute tasks to
employees and colleagues, schedule appointments, communicate in Bitrix24. Chat.
Artificial Intelligence
Helps Agile Projects
An
international team of researchers presented at the 41st International
Conference on Software Development (ICSE) 2019, held in Montreal, Canada in May
this year, the architecture of the virtual assistant agile projects. A virtual
assistant could come in handy for flexible teams in identifying backlog
elements, updating elements, sprint planning, monitoring sprint performance and
risk management. Pre-published work is available on the arXiv website.
