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AI Projects: The Big Benefits for Organizations

Nov 15, 2023

AI projects in organizations are discussed, focusing on creating sustainable AI-driven workplaces, managing risks when integrating multiple AI systems, determining accountability for AI outputs, and the skills and knowledge required to manage AI projects. The challenges and future impacts of AI projects are also explored.

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AI projects can create innovative and sustainable workplaces by optimizing resources and enhancing the user experience.

Standardizing AI project execution requires continuous communication, coordination, and adaptation, along with a focus on interdisciplinary teams.

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The Power of AI in the Workplace

The podcast episode highlights the growing adoption of AI in organizations, with 55% of respondents in a survey confirming its implementation. However, there is still room for growth in using AI across multiple business functions. The episode explores how project professionals play a crucial role in harnessing AI to create innovative and sustainable workplaces. Through real-world examples, project professionals share insights on using AI to optimize building resources, reduce energy consumption, and enhance the user experience. The inclusion of AI elements in the office of the future, such as AI concierges and smart meeting rooms, demonstrates the potential for technology to transform customer service and engagement. The podcast emphasizes the importance of comprehensive scoping and planning, agile project management, risk mitigation for integrating AI systems, and establishing clear accountability and governance structures for AI projects.

Introduction

2min

Fully Integrated AI in New Middle Eastern Headquarters

5min

Building Buy-In and Managing Risks in an AI Project

5min

Managing an AI Project: Skills, Knowledge, and Collaboration

13min

Challenges, Collaboration, and Future Impacts of AI Projects

4min

Artificial intelligence is now a mainstay for organizations. But given the lack of widespread use across enterprises, there’s room for growth. And project teams are leading the way, developing AI solutions that deliver value to their companies and customers. We discuss this with:

Mohammed Nabtiti, PMI-RMP, PMP, project management office and governance manager, Beeah Group, Dubai: Nabtiti discusses how his company created its “Office of the Future” with sustainability, AI and smart office technologies as the driving forces, how the team mitigated and managed risks to integrate several AI systems, how the organization determines accountability for AI outputs, and how he’s taking lessons learned about scoping and planning into future AI projects.

Sanjukta Ghosh, PMP, data and AI leader, Siemens AG, Munich: Ghosh discusses how she started her AI journey by solving customer problems, the knowledge project professionals need to manage AI initiatives and how she’s working to standardize AI projects across Siemens’ business units. Plus, Ghosh talks about a project to create digital twins for assets in the process industry using AI and engineering documents.

Key themes

[02:01] Creating a sustainable, AI-driven “Office of the Future”

[04:49] From smart meeting rooms to a digital concierge: Building the business case for which AI tech to use in the workplace

[07:44] Identifying and managing risks when integrating multiple AI systems

[10:43] Determining who is accountable for AI systems’ decisions

[14:08] How scoping and planning affect AI projects

[17:34] Skills and knowledge project professionals need to lead AI initiatives

[18:33] Standardizing AI projects across an enterprise

[22:05] Creating digital twins from AI tech and documentation

[26:52] Project professionals must stay up-to-date on tech advancements

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AI Projects: The Big Benefits for Organizations

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Power of AI in the Workplace

Standardizing AI Project Execution

Managing Complexity and Driving Value with AI

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts