STUDY REPORT Project Business in the Age of AI: Future Competences, Changing Roles and Development Needs

Artificial intelligence is already changing the day-to-day work of project professionals. It can help prepare schedules, analyse risks, produce reports, monitor progress, and support decision-making. The study report Project Business in the Age of AI: Future Competences, Changing Roles and Development Needs examines what this development means for the people who manage, steer, and support projects. Which tasks will remain in human hands? Which competences will become more important? And how should organizations prepare their employees for working with AI?

The scale of the expected change is considerable. Respondents estimate that AI could take over 51.6% of traditional project management tasks by 2030 and as much as 63.5% by 2035. This does not mean that project professionals will simply become redundant. Their work will change: they are likely to spend less time on routine administration and more time evaluating AI-generated results, interpreting complex situations, coordinating stakeholders, exercising judgment, and taking responsibility for decisions. Project management is therefore not disappearing; it is becoming a profession in which human expertise and artificial intelligence must work together.

The report offers a timely and accessible account of this transition. It is intended for project professionals, managers, PMOs, professional associations, educators, and organizations seeking to understand how AI will change project work—and how they can prepare for that change rather than merely react to it.