PM Insight-Fremont Virtual Meeting: Thinking Clearly About AI: What Project Managers Must Understand to Lead in an AI-Driven World
PM Insight-Fremont Virtual Meeting:
Thinking Clearly About AI: What Project Managers Must Understand to Lead in an AI-Driven World
Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in project tools, dashboards, and decision workflows, yet many project managers struggle to understand how to use it responsibly and effectively. This session cuts through the hype and fear by focusing on how project managers should think about AI, not how to code or implement it.
Drawing from real project leadership contexts, this presentation helps PMs understand where AI adds value, where human judgment remains essential, and how accountability shifts in AI-augmented project environments. Attendees will gain practical mental models to evaluate AI-driven insights, ask better questions, and lead confidently as AI becomes a routine part of project delivery.
Takeaways:
Participants will learn to:
- Explain AI in plain language to stakeholders without technical jargon
- Distinguish between prediction and decision-making in AI-assisted projects
- Evaluate AI-driven insights using context, ethics, and judgment
- Retain ownership and accountability while working with AI-enabled tool
- Position themselves as confident, future-ready project leaders
Archana Choudhary
Archana Choudhary is Vice President at Deutsche Bank and a recognized PM expert in strategy execution, PMO leadership, project portfolio management. With over 19 years of experience, she has worked in IT related projects at Fortune 500s. She has led diverse projects, few including bank acquisitions and merge up, Agile transformations that shifted siloed teams and fluctuating priorities towards robust PMO structures.
A frequent speaker, an author, PMP mentor, Archana has contributed to PMI global standards and delivered multiple speeches at PMI Dallas, Carolina, Northeast Florida, Miami conference, Global Summit, Asia pacific symposium to name a few.
She is an award-winning PM recognized at various platforms like Women in Tech as Global Technology Leader, PMI Phoenix for her leadership excellence and influence in strengthening professional communities, contributing to advancing women in project management. Her influence spans 100+ countries on such award platform. She has been judging for prestigious international awards, startups and a thought leader.
Meeting Leader: Saravanan Gomathiapillai Vembu Contact Meeting Leader
Program Agenda:
6:00 pm PST – Sign-In and Networking
6:15 pm PST- Featured Speaker
8:00 pm PST - Meeting Adjourn
PDU Info: Business Acumen 2.0 PDU
Online Registration
PMI Silicon Valley Members: $5.00
Non-Members: $5.00
Cancellation Policy
This event is a professional society meeting, held for the benefit of its members. The Plan Ahead registration fee paid is based on the registrant's ability to commit to attendance, ahead of time. The Plan Ahead registration fee will not be refunded for any reason, other than event cancellation, after normal business hours (5:00 PM, Pacific) on the registration deadline day. The PMI - Silicon Valley Chapter reserves the right to make last-minute changes to program content and speakers, as circumstances dictate.
Event Properties
| Event Date | 02-04-2026 6:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 02-04-2026 8:00 pm |
| Cut off date | 02-03-2026 5:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 5.00 |
| No. of Business Acumen PDUs | 2.0 |
| Location | Virtual Event |