Comprehensive Review of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Project Management

Öz

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping project management, fundamentally changing how we plan, execute, and complete projects. This comprehensive review systematically examines the current state and future trajectories of AI applications across all project management performance domains. Drawing exclusively from recent literature (2020-2025), we analyze the evolution of AI in project management and categorize implementations across machine learning, natural language processing, fuzzy logic systems, expert systems, hybrid approaches, and emerging generative AI technologies. The review reveals that AI is progressively enhancing decision-making processes, automating routine tasks, optimizing resource allocation, improving risk assessment, facilitating team formation, and enabling data-driven stakeholder engagement. Furthermore, we identify and discuss implementation challenges, ethical considerations, and future research directions. This synthesis provides practitioners and researchers with an integrated understanding of how AI is reshaping project management practices while highlighting untapped opportunities and potential limitations that warrant further investigation.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Artificial ıntelligence
• project management
• machine learning
• natural language processing
• fuzzy logic
• expert systems
• generative aı
• project performance

Proje Yönetiminde Yapay Zekâ Uygulamalarının Kapsamlı İncelemesi

Öz

Yapay Zekâ (YZ), proje yönetimini yeniden şekillendirmekte; projeleri planlama, yürütme ve tamamlama biçimimizi temelden değiştirmektedir. Bu kapsamlı inceleme, tüm proje yönetimi performans alanlarında YZ uygulamalarının mevcut durumunu ve gelecekteki yönelimlerini sistematik olarak ele almaktadır. Yalnızca güncel literatürden (2020-2025) yararlanılarak, YZ'nin proje yönetimindeki evrimi analiz edilmekte ve uygulamalar; makine öğrenimi, doğal dil işleme, bulanık mantık sistemleri, uzman sistemler, hibrit yaklaşımlar ve gelişmekte olan üretken YZ teknolojileri bağlamında sınıflandırılmaktadır. İnceleme; YZ'nin karar verme süreçlerini giderek iyileştirdiğini, rutin görevleri otomatikleştirdiğini, kaynak tahsisini optimize ettiğini, risk değerlendirmesini geliştirdiğini, takım oluşturmayı kolaylaştırdığını ve veri odaklı paydaş katılımına olanak tanıdığını ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca, uygulama zorlukları, etik hususlar ve gelecekteki araştırma yönelimleri belirlenmekte ve tartışılmaktadır. Bu çalışma, uygulayıcılara ve araştırmacılara YZ'nin proje yönetimi uygulamalarını nasıl yeniden şekillendirdiğine dair bütünleşik bir anlayış sunarken, daha fazla araştırma gerektiren henüz değerlendirilmemiş fırsatları ve potansiyel sınırlamaları da vurgulamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Yapay zekâ
• proje yönetimi
• makine öğrenimi
• doğal dil işleme
• bulanık mantık
• uzman sistemler
• üretken yapay zekâ
• proje performansı

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