## 6 Discussion and Conclusions  
The purpose of the study was to obtain a deeper understanding of AI and its impact on project management by interviewing experts in the field. The research indicates how the managerial elements, technical and social, of project schedule, cost and risk management will be affected by AI and which of these elements will be the ones most affected in quantified metrics. The number of participants in the study was 12. These were all experts on project management and had knowledge in the field of AI as well. However, some of the experts did not have as much knowledge or experience in relation to AI and stated that it was somewhat difficult for them to imagine how AI could impact managerial elements in the future. Since this is qualitative research and conducted by interviewing experts in the field, the findings are believed to be valuable and give a reasonable outline of how AI could impact the field of project management. The results may also assist project managers in obtaining a deeper understanding of how their profession will develop in the coming years, what skills will be required and how to deal with the change in their work environment. AI can significantly impact project management by automating tasks, optimizing resource allocation and providing data-driven insights. It can enhance decision making, risk analyses and project forecasting, ultimately increasing efficiency, reducing costs and improving project outcomes. AI can analyze historical project data to predict future project outcomes, helping with resource allocation and risk management. Exiting possibilities lie in Natural Language Processing (NLP) in project documentation and communication for sentiment analysis and identifying potential issues or conflicts. AI-powered chatbots can provide project updates, answer common queries and assist team members, improving communication and reducing administrative workloads. Chatbots can even teach project management, just to name a few of the immense possibilities for enhancing project management with AI [17]. Since this is a cross-sectional study, different results may emerge if it is repeated over time. In the future, respondents may have a better understanding of the topic, and the technology may be even better than it is today, which could make it less complicated to predict the impacts of AI. The experts all agreed that the strengths of AI lie in these areas of project management, where historical data can be used to learn from and when it comes to repeated tasks. In tasks where human skills are required, AI is believed to have the least impact. This indicates that there is a consensus among the experts that these areas are the ones most prone to AI. The elements that are considered to be affected the most by AI are the schedule baseline, enterprise environmental factors when planning costs, cost management estimates and the probability and impact matrix. However, the impact estimates on all three knowledge areas are rather similar. Cost negotiation and contracting had the lowest score as they depend on human communication and trust. The human factor becomes important when we have all the available technology today. The experts agreed that the role of project manager will not be replaced in the near future. AI will make their profession more powerful and enjoyable by eliminating routine tasks that may be complicated, e.g., monitoring every task and compiling data in large projects with a detailed WBS. The human skills will play an essential role as well in applying the AI technology in the best possible way. It will assist with decision making and make the project manager's work more effective. The majority of the statements are based on data, and if data are available, AI can be used to monitor or create new data. According to the experts, project managers tend to have an inability to make reliable plans and schedules, and projects often end up behind schedule or a cost overrun.