u/cybersmaart

As a BA I’ve started using AI for the repetitive drafting work — user stories, BRD sections, meeting summaries — and it’s genuinely saved me hours every week. The parts it can’t touch are the stakeholder relationships, the organisational context, and knowing which requirement is actually hiding a political landmine. Would love to know where others are using it and where it’s let them down — feels like we’re all figuring this out in real time

As a BA I’ve started using AI for the repetitive drafting work — user stories, BRD sections, meeting summaries — and it’s genuinely saved me hours every week. The parts it can’t touch are the stakeholder relationships, the organisational context, and knowing which requirement is actually hiding a political landmine. Would love to know where others are using it and where it’s let them down — feels like we’re all figuring this out in real time.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

I studied for months, memorized ITTOs, passed the exam — then my first real project hit and nothing looked like the PMBOK.
Stakeholders didn’t follow communication plans. Sponsors disappeared when things got hard. The risk register lived in a spreadsheet nobody opened.
I realized the exam tests if you know the framework. The job tests if you can lead people who don’t care about the framework.
What’s the one thing you wish someone had told you before you got certified?