The Project Management AI Handbook: Leveraging Generative Tools in Waterfall and Agile Environments

The Project Management AI Handbook: Leveraging Generative Tools in Waterfall and Agile Environments is an essential guide for project and portfolio management professionals, business leaders, and anyone interested in using generative AI to enhance project management. Packed with use cases and prompts, this book illustrates how AI tools can be applied through real-world case studies that mirror actual projects and portfolios. Whether you are managing projects using waterfall or agile methods, this book demonstrates how generative AI can automate tasks, streamline documentation, generate project plans, forecast risks, and optimize project performance with greater efficiency and accuracy. With its practical examples, step-by-step use cases, and expert insights, this book is a must-have resource for professionals at any level who are ready to integrate AI into their project management practices.

Key Features: 

• Comprehensive Use Cases: Illustrates numerous real-world applications of generative AI in both waterfall and agile project environments with specific examples
• Prompts for Dozens of Use Cases: Provides detailed prompts for a wide variety of use cases in both portfolio management and project management, covering both waterfall and agile methods
• Step-by-Step Guidance: Offers practical, actionable steps on how to integrate AI tools into everyday project management tasks such as planning, reporting, and risk management
• Real-World Case Studies: Features case studies that reflect real-world project scenarios, offering insights on how AI can enhance efficiency and decision making
• AI-Enhanced Portfolio Management: Demonstrates how AI can optimize portfolio-level tasks such as resource allocation, performance forecasting, and strategic alignment
• Primer on Project Management Essentials: Includes foundational chapters on portfolio management and waterfall and agile methods―perfect for readers new to project management
• Exclusive Online Repository: Readers gain access to a dedicated website that houses all the prompts and case studies from the book, along with regularly updated content and new additions to enhance their learning experience

Gustavo “ Guz” Vinueza, M.S., MBA, is a seasoned technology and risk management consultant with over 20 years of experience across multiple industries. A sought-after speaker and thought leader, he regularly presents at high-profile forums such as PMI, AACE, INFORMS, and SPE. Dr. Prasad Kodukula, PMP, PgMP, DASM, DASSM, BCES, is a PMI Fellow, USA Today best-selling author, renowned thought leader, inventor, and entrepreneur with over four decades of experience. As a global ambassador for project management, he has delivered lectures in nearly 50 countries and collaborated with 40 Fortune 100 companies— including Abbott, BP, Caterpillar, Dow, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, Kraft, and United Technologies— spanning all 11 S&P industrial sectors.