📅 AI in Project Management and Planning

Artificial Intelligence is changing how projects are planned, funded, monitored and delivered. In organisations managing tighter budgets, limited resources, complex risks and competing priorities, AI can provide earlier warnings, stronger forecasts and clearer information for decision making.

This course explores how AI is affecting modern project management and planning without presenting it as a replacement for experienced professionals. Across ten in-depth lessons, you will examine AI-assisted scheduling, risk forecasting, budgeting, resource allocation, project monitoring, workflow automation, stakeholder coordination and multi-project portfolio management.

The course also examines how organisations can use AI responsibly. You will explore data quality, human oversight, transparency, accountability, security and the governance controls needed when AI influences projects, people and investment decisions. You will also learn how to evaluate whether AI is delivering genuine value through improved project outcomes rather than simply generating more reports or automating existing tasks.

Looking towards the future, the course considers adaptive planning, AI agents, digital twins, predictive portfolio management and the changing role of project professionals. Throughout, the emphasis remains on human-led project delivery, with AI supporting analysis and administration while people retain responsibility for leadership, relationships, ethical judgement and final decisions.

By the end of the course, you will understand where AI can strengthen project and portfolio management, where its limitations create risk and how organisations can combine intelligent systems with disciplined governance and professional judgement.

Designed for project managers, programme and portfolio leaders, executives, operational managers and professionals preparing for AI-enabled project environments, this course provides a practical and globally relevant introduction to the changing relationship between AI, planning and successful project delivery.