Markus Kopko, PgMP
Markus Kopko is a strategic project management and AI transformation expert with 25+ years of experience in project, program, and portfolio management. He is a member of the Core Development Team for the PMI Standard on AI in Project, Program, and Portfolio Management and served on the PMI Review Team for the PMBOK® Guide 7th Edition.
As founder of PMotion.ai and The PM AI Coach, Markus helps project professionals integrate AI into their daily practice through structured frameworks and governance-first approaches. He focuses on the governance gap that traditional PM methods leave open once AI introduces model drift, explainability requirements, and probabilistic outcomes.
He develops and delivers cohort-based coaching programs in AI-focused PM practice, including dedicated PMI-CPMAI® certification preparation. He is also an affiliate partner and trainer for the International Institute for Learning (IIL), delivering PMI certification courses and AI-focused training to PM professionals.
Markus holds the PMP®, PgMP®, and PMI-CPMAI® certifications from PMI, as well as the C-AITL certification from USAII.
Authored Articles
Three Ways to Stop Briefing Your AI From Scratch
By Markus Kopko
Do you find yourself repeating the same instructions and context every time you use AI? The solution is to move that repeated work out of the conversation into repeatable assets. Here are three practical steps to help you save time.
Three Guardrails to Set Before Your AI Tool Writes Its First Project Document
By Markus Kopko
Building your own AI tool scales your judgment. It scales your blind spots too. Three guardrails, set while you configure the tool, keep that under control.
Five Minutes or Five Hours: The Difference Between Using AI and Building It
By Lori Milhaven
Lori Milhaven asks Markus Kopko to walk through how project professionals can move beyond prompts and turn AI into practical, usable tools that support recurring work.
5 Steps to Integrate AI into Project, Program and Portfolio Management: Webcast Preview
By Markus Kopko, PgMP®, PMP®, PMI-CPMAI™
Organizations across industries are exploring how to use AI to improve project, program and portfolio management (PPPM). Yet many struggle with the same question: Where do you start, and how do you scale successfully?
What PMI’s Standard on AI Tells Us About the Future of PPPM
By Markus Kopko, PgMP®, PMP®, PMI-CPMAI™
This article offers a practitioner’s perspective on what the development of the Standard reveals about the future of AI in project, program, and portfolio management.
The PM’s AI Readiness Checklist: 5 Questions Before Your First AI Integration
By Markus Kopko, PgMP®, PMP®, PMI-CPMAI™
Most project managers are not opposed to AI—they are unsure where to start. The five questions in this article are a diagnostic, designed to surface the specific blockers that prevent AI from delivering value in your project environment.
