Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Project Management: Main Drivers, Barriers and Estimated Impact

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the business world, being considered one of the most relevant disrupting factors in our days, due to its major impact on the workplace conditions. Several academic and practical studies were undertaken in order to identify the main drivers, barriers and impact adoption of AI technologies in business. But the adoption of AI in management, in general and, more specific, in project management (PM) processes is still not yet well covered by the actual research. The paper aims to identify the characteristics of Artificial Intelligence adoption in project management, based on the theoretical frameworks related to the technology adoption. The authors also present findings of a global survey conducted by IPMA and PwC Romania during March August 2020. By comparing the main findings of the global survey with the conclusions derived from the analysis of the theoretical frameworks, the authors discuss about the relevance of using the technology adoption frameworks in order to analyse the adoption of disruptive technologies.