Projects are initiated to create value–financial returns, operational efficiency, strategic differentiation. Yet many fall short of delivering these intended outcomes. Why? A key missing link is often the Benefits Management Plan (BMP) – the bridge between strategy and results. A BMP ensures that a project is not just executed on time and within budget, but that it delivers measurable value. In today’s project economy, where outcomes trump outputs, a well-crafted BMP is no longer optional – it’s essential.

Organizations must hit performance targets, respond to shifting customer demands, and maintain speed while transforming themselves for a future leap that looks nothing like the past. Traditional project management models, built for linear delivery and functional specialization, are increasingly out of step with what modern markets demand: continuous adaptation, real-time response, and integrated value delivery.

When artificial intelligence started making headlines in project management circles, many of us were intrigued — and a bit skeptical. Could an algorithm truly support the nuanced, often chaotic nature of managing people, timelines, and scope? In this hands-on article, I explore how AI is not replacing but augmenting my work. Drawing from direct experience, I highlight how project teams — from directors to developers — can use AI to boost clarity, speed, and strategic value in every phase of project delivery.

You’re committed. You know your business, your stakeholders, and your team. You take ownership. You push things forward. And when deadlines loom, you step up. But what happens when everything depends on you? If progress stalls whenever you’re unavailable, your leadership might be your project’s greatest risk. This is more common than we like to admit, especially among capable, well-intentioned project leaders. It’s not a people problem. It’s a system problem. And more importantly, it’s a leadership challenge.

Every time we talk about job market, crossing with qualification, one of the first references that come to our minds used to be competitiveness. Nowadays, facing a dynamic reality in which changes outdistance each other and are often raised and abandoned at the same time or adopted with breathtaking speed – staying competitive is something that demands not only sharp strategy, but creativity, continuous effort and the ability to keep yourself connected to market trends in order to understand in the twinkling of an eye (at the click of a mouse speed – to translate it into a modern parlace)…