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Project Manager role enhanced by Artificial Intelligence

As Artificial Intelligence becomes more prevalent in today's society, and as 2021 is in its early days, we take another look at AI, and how it can benefit the Project Management Community, especially in the area of automating workflows, predicting risks, eliminating human bias, preventing cost overruns, or digging deeper into big data for real-time insights.

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