I just got back from vacation the other day... two weeks of family time, no chaos, exactly what I needed before my wife (a teacher) and my kids head back to school in a few weeks.
And here's the honest truth: as good as the trip was, the thing I was most excited about coming home to wasn't unpacking. It was sitting back down at my desk. My actual desk. With my multiple monitors.
Two weeks of hotel desks and my parents' kitchen counter will do that to you. It's not that the work was harder without my setup... it's that everything took longer. More tab-switching. More scrolling back and forth. More friction on stuff that should've been simple.
It wasn't the laptop that was the problem. It was the system around it.
Now, let's get Proactive Over Reactive!
"The Risk principle emphasizes the importance of human oversight in AI processes."
— The Standard for Artificial Intelligence in PPPM,
printed page 20 (PDF page 41)
It's not about the tool. It's about the framework.
That same week, PMI published their first-ever standard on AI in project, program, and portfolio management. And I went in expecting a tool guide, something that walks you through ChatGPT vs. Claude vs. Copilot for your projects.
That's not what this is.
PMI built a governance framework... how to adopt AI ethically, efficiently, and responsibly across your projects. Not "which tool," but "what's the system around how you use it."
Buried inside are 8 core principles (Risk is one of them, my favorite, obviously) and 5 performance domains, including one that maps almost directly to what you're already studying if you're chasing the RMP. There's also this concept PMI keeps coming back to, "human in the loop", that I think is going to show up in exam content sooner than people expect.
I broke the whole thing down... what's in it, what's missing, and which sections matter most if you're prepping for the PMP or the RMP.
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