BOOK REVIEW
Book Title: AI Project Power: Reimagining Your Role in the Age of AI
Author: Mei Lin
Publisher: Fnova Publishing LLC
List Price: $9.99
Format: Softcover, 159 pages
Publication Date: 2025
ISBN: 978-1-951486-05-1
Reviewer: Diana Owens, PMP
Review Date: February 2026
Introduction
In AI Project Power: Reimagining Your Role in the Age of AI, author Mei Lin offers project management professionals a thoughtful and accessible entry point into the world of artificial intelligence. Written for practitioners “who may not come from a technical background” (Lin, 2025, p. 6), the book blends personal experience with practical guidance.
As Lin describes in her preface, the work is “not just a guide to AI” but rather “a personal and professional journey of curiosity, learning and reinvention” (Lin, 2025, p. 6) — one designed to help project managers embrace an AI-driven future with confidence, curiosity, and purpose.
Lin frames AI adoption as an opportunity for growth and reinvention, positioning the project management professional not as a passive bystander to technological change, but as its driving force — one who embraces change while preserving the heart and humanity that define effective leadership. At its core, the book is a call to think more strategically, motivate those around you, and remain competitive in a rapidly evolving, AI-driven landscape.
Overview of Book’s Structure
The book opens with a foreword by Lee Lambert and a preface by Lin herself, in which she establishes the personal and professional context for the work before guiding readers through six chapters that take the reader on a structured journey from foundational concepts to transformational practice. Lin explores what it means to adopt AI responsibly, communicate its value to stakeholders, and shape a future in which project professionals actively participate in AI-driven change rather than simply adapting to it (Lin, 2025).
It grounds readers in core AI concepts while making a compelling case for why human judgment and leadership remain irreplaceable. Subsequent chapters shift to practical territory, walking readers through some of today’s leading AI tools, the Microsoft project management ecosystem explained in accessible non-technical terms, and two original frameworks designed to guide implementation — the S.E.R.I. AI Tool Evaluation Model (Lin, 2025, p. 73) and a structured six-phase AI implementation plan (Lin, 2025, p. 77).
The final chapters address two critical and often overlooked dimensions of AI adoption: legal and risk considerations, and the broader AI transformation journey for project professionals. This arc — from awareness to application to accountability — gives the book a logical and satisfying structure that serves readers at every stage of their AI journey.
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How to cite this work: Owens, D. (2026). AI Project Power: Reimagining Your Role in the Age of AI, book review, PM World Journal, Vol. XV, Issue VI, June. Available online at https://pmworldjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pmwj165-Jun2026-Owens-AI-Project-Power-book-review.pdf
About the Reviewer
Diana Owens
North Texas, USA
Diana Owens, PMP, CSM, SA, ITIL is an IT Program Manager and Agile Leader with over 17 years of experience driving enterprise-scale technology portfolios across federal government and private sectors.
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