AI is definitely infusing in project management.

The Project Brief, Saturday, January 20th, 2 min read.

Good Saturday.

Over the coming year, I'll be exploring how artificial intelligence can make life easier in many ways for us project managers, through the development or emergence of different features or applications specifically tailored to project management.

As fate would have it, the year is off to a flying start with the arrival on the Web of two major features that are destined to become must-haves for any project manager : GPT Store and Copilot.

Let's take a look at each one and see what makes them a game changer in the workplace.

Open AI inaugurates its GPT Store.

First of all, the launch of the GPT Store (on ChatGPT-4) had the effect of a real thunderclap in the AI world. All its applications are customized versions of ChatGPT, and some of them will certainly appeal to you as a project manager.

But social networks were quick to separate the wheat from the chaff, and some apps were highlighted more than others.

Just remember that the new library is impressive and packed with useful tools for project managers wanting to stay at the forefront of project management.

You can already see on my Twitter account (@TheProjectBrief) some videos where I'm starting to show how I use some prompts of my own on ChatGPT-3 or plugins found on ChatGPT-4.

Demonstration using AI Diagram - Flowchart plugin. from Whimsical.

Demonstration using Diagrams : Show Me plugin.

I'll have the opportunity to introduce you to most of them as I accumulate experience and information on their uses.

Copilot wants to pilot a lot of things.

Microsoft first launched a free version of Copilot, presented as an AI fully connected to ChatGPT and using its immense capabilities, without anyone having to pay anything.

This is a surprising piece of information, considering that ChatGPT's subscription is not cheap ($20 US per month) and that one of its most popular functions (DALL-E) is fully accessible, allowing anyone to generate images for free and thus making a huge mockery of Midjourney, which doesn't give away its subscription.

Microsoft 365 Copilot had existed for some time within the MS Office suite, but with a minimum of 300 users and $30/month/user, it was virtually inaccessible to the majority of users!

In the same week, Microsoft responded to all its detractors by launching Copilot PRO, a version enabling the use of most Office tools boosted by artificial intelligence. But be warned: although this version is available to individuals, it's not cheap, as you'll have to pay $20 US per month to access it, in addition to your subscription to one or other of the microsoft 365 versions.

Stay tuned, because in the weeks to come I'll be telling you all about the various features of Copilot Pro, so that you can appreciate just how effective it is.

The AI industry is listening.

It's clear that many questions remain in business circles, whether about the performance of the tools in question or about data security.

Here's a link to a conversation I stumbled upon on Reddit that addresses some of the concerns I mentioned above.

It's impressive to see how attentive the AI industry is to the concerns of its users, since some of the biggest IT companies are already promising to rapidly implement measures to ensure data security.

Indeed, it is already possible for a company to work with AI on dedicated servers, processing only the data that belongs to it, and doing so securely.

Rather than using large-scale data like it was initially the case, it will be possible to train AI from the compilation of a few dozen projects, to meet a company's standards and needs, or even the specific requirements of an employee.

The future of AI in project management is bright, and we've only seen the beginning of what the project management of the future will look like.

Thanks for reading.

Stay sharp.

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