AI APPLICATIONS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT: TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

Efficient project planning and execution require to implement new methods and techniques instead of traditional ones. Artificial intelligence (AI) driven tools can allocate better project resources and perform project more efficient. The given study explores the role of the AI implementation in project management (PM). Bibliometric analysis is done using VOSviewer and CiteSpace software tools. The research has analyzed academic papers published 2010 to 2025 using Web of Science database. Results of research has shown a significant growth in publications on the topic of the use of AI in PM. AI tools are often used for resource optimization, risk prediction and cost estimation in PM. Keywords analyses have shown the growing importance of fields like machine learning, big data and neural networks. The study also highlights main benefits and challenges in the use of AI tools in PM and the growing interest of the scientific community in this topic.

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