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The results clearly showed that AI has a future in project management and will affect the project management knowledge areas in the near future. Management of cost, schedule, and risk will be highly affected due to AI. The research indicates that AI is useful for processes where historical data and information on the internet are used for estimation and planning. Also, that AI can monitor schedules, adjust forecasts, and maintain baselines. AI will have a low effect on knowledge areas and processes that require human leadership skills, like developing and managing teams and management of stakeholders. The main results correspond to what was found in the literature review of AI in project management. Keywords: Project Management, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Areas, Project Manager","abstract_html":"Artificial intelligence (AI) has improved and developed quickly in the last years. New technologies can impact labor markets with both opportunities and challenges. The purpose of this thesis is to research the question that had arisen about how AI would affect the project management profession. A quantitative research method was used for the project, where a structured questionnaire was conducted over the internet. The research model was based on the ten project management knowledge areas from PMBOK and asked about AI’s effect on the knowledge areas in the next ten years. The results clearly showed that AI has a future in project management and will affect the project management knowledge areas in the near future. Management of cost, schedule, and risk will be highly affected due to AI. The research indicates that AI is useful for processes where historical data and information on the internet are used for estimation and planning. Also, that AI can monitor schedules, adjust forecasts, and maintain baselines. AI will have a low effect on knowledge areas and processes that require human leadership skills, like developing and managing teams and management of stakeholders. The main results correspond to what was found in the literature review of AI in project management. 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New technologies can impact labor markets with both opportunities and challenges. The purpose of this thesis is to research the question that had arisen about how AI would affect the project management profession. A quantitative research method was used for the project, where a structured questionnaire was conducted over the internet. The research model was based on the ten project management knowledge areas from PMBOK and asked about AI’s effect on the knowledge areas in the next ten years. The results clearly showed that AI has a future in project management and will affect the project management knowledge areas in the near future. Management of cost, schedule, and risk will be highly affected due to AI. The research indicates that AI is useful for processes where historical data and information on the internet are used for estimation and planning. Also, that AI can monitor schedules, adjust forecasts, and maintain baselines. AI will have a low effect on knowledge areas and processes that require human leadership skills, like developing and managing teams and management of stakeholders. The main results correspond to what was found in the literature review of AI in project management. Keywords: Project Management, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Areas, Project Manager","Gervigreind hefur þróast hratt á síðustu árum. Ný tækni eins og gervigreind getur haft áhrif á vinnumarkaði, bæði með auknum tækifærum en einnig áskorunum. Markmið ritgerðarinnar var að rannsaka hvaða áhrif gervigreind mun hafa á verkefnastjórnun í framtíðinni. Notuð var megindleg rannsóknaraðferð við verkefnið þar sem gögnum var aflað með spurningalista í gegnum internetið. Rannsóknarlíkanið var byggt á tíu sviðum verkefnastjórnunar sem koma fram í PMBOK og var spurt út í áhrif gervigreindar á næstu tíu árum. Niðurstöðurnar sýndu greinilega að gervigreind á sér framtíð í verkefnastjórnun og mun hafa áhrif á þekkingarsvið verkefnastjórnunar. Stjórnun kostnaðar, áætlunar og áhættu verða fyrir miklum áhrifum af völdum gervigreindar á næstu tíu árum. Rannsóknin bendir til þess að gervigreind sé gagnleg í verkefnastjórnunarferlum þar sem söguleg gögn og upplýsingar af internetinu eru notuð við mat og áætlanagerðir. Einnig getur gervigreind sinnt eftirliti með áætlunum og breytt spám í rauntíma. Gervigreind mun hafa lítil áhrif á þekkingarsvið og ferla sem krefjast leiðtogahæfileika, svo sem að þróa og stýra teymum og stjórnun hagsmunaaðila. Helstu niðurstöður samsvöruðu niðurstöðum sem fundust við fræðilega samantekt um gervigreind í verkefnastjórnun. Efnisorð: Verkefnastjórnun, Gervigreind, Þekkingarsvið, Verkefnastjóri"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["An authoritative study on artificial intelligence near future effect on project management knowledge areas"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Háskólinn í Reykjavík"],"dc:creator":["Hildur Jónsdóttir 1986-"],"dc:date.accessioned":["2020-06-22T12:20:20Z"],"dc:date.available":["2020-06-22T12:20:20Z"],"dc:date.issued":["2020-06-22T12:20:21Z"],"dc:description.abstract":["Artificial intelligence (AI) has improved and developed quickly in the last years. New technologies can impact labor markets with both opportunities and challenges. The purpose of this thesis is to research the question that had arisen about how AI would affect the project management profession. A quantitative research method was used for the project, where a structured questionnaire was conducted over the internet. 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Rannsóknin bendir til þess að gervigreind sé gagnleg í verkefnastjórnunarferlum þar sem söguleg gögn og upplýsingar af internetinu eru notuð við mat og áætlanagerðir. Einnig getur gervigreind sinnt eftirliti með áætlunum og breytt spám í rauntíma. Gervigreind mun hafa lítil áhrif á þekkingarsvið og ferla sem krefjast leiðtogahæfileika, svo sem að þróa og stýra teymum og stjórnun hagsmunaaðila. Helstu niðurstöður samsvöruðu niðurstöðum sem fundust við fræðilega samantekt um gervigreind í verkefnastjórnun. 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