How AI Is Taking Over Project Management Work

About this episode

This episode explores the evolution of Microsoft Planner into an AI-assisted project management tool.

Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM This episode explores how Microsoft Planner is evolving into a practical, AI-assisted project management tool for modern teams. Cindy Lewis explains how Planner fits into daily work through Microsoft Teams, how AI agents support planning, reporting, and risk assessment, and why small usability improvements matter. The discussion also covers Copilot, Dataverse, Power BI, and the shift from automation to agen...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Smith

Guest: Cindy Lewis

Topics covered

• AI in project management
• Microsoft Planner
• team collaboration
• risk assessment
• productivity tools

Keywords

• AI
• project management
• Microsoft Planner
• Microsoft Teams
• Copilot
• Dataverse
• Power BI
• risk assessment
• productivity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Microsoft Teams

Products: Microsoft Planner, Copilot, Dataverse, Power BI

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