Predictive planning: Work on the plan, not in it

As we look ahead to 2020, it's time to embrace the fact that traditional project planning tools must evolve to meet the changing needs of planners and help them work smarter, not harder. Today's advanced planning solutions that incorporate both artificial and human intelligence enable planners to work more efficiently and create more achievable plans. The current state of project planning needs an overhaul, and I believe it should be in the form of what's called predictive planning. Think about it: You don't have to do things like manually check your Word document for spelling errors, explicitly type an entire recipient's email address, or calculate the miles of a trip every time, do you? That's because today's computers can store and, more importantly, recall knowledge.