What is The Project Brain?

The Project Brain is two things: a book, The Project Brain: Evolving Project Managers, and this website, selfmadepm.com, which is also known as Self Made PM.

The book

The book isn't about chatting with chatbots. It's a technical blueprint for building a dedicated, automated Project Management Office (PMO) inside your computer. It's written for project managers who feel overwhelmed. The goal is to move you from "producer", the person who writes every plan and report by hand, to "editor", the person who reviews and improves what AI drafts.

The book is sold on Amazon as an e-book and in print. See Where can I buy The Project Brain? for the links.

The website

The site supports the book with free material:

• Blog: 180+ articles on building your Project Brain, planning, meetings, reporting, AI verification, and automation
• Videos: 28 videos, each paired with a companion blog article
• Tools: including LocalPM, a free browser-based agile project management tool
• Help Center: answers to common questions like this one

Where the name comes from

A "Project Brain" is a persistent knowledge base that knows your deadlines, acronyms, and stakeholders before you ask. It's the central idea of the book. What is a "Project Brain"? explains it in more detail.

For a quick taste of the approach, read Build your own PMO with Claude AI.