Applying the Ethical Framework of Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ Seerah to Modern Business and Corporate Responsibility

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an emerging trend in software project management (SPM) with the ability to provide data-driven guidance in the planning, estimation, risk assessment, and decision-making processes. Although the current research on the application of AI-based tools and methods in project settings is getting more and more comprehensive, the current literature is widely dispersed and concerns only individual project management functions instead of integrating lifecycle-wide. The paper is structured as a literature review that conducts a critical discussion of the role of AI in the various stages of a software project management. The review summarizes the outcomes of recent empirical and conceptual research on the topic to establish the current areas of application, such as effort estimation, schedule optimization, risk prediction, resource allocation, and AI-assisted decision support in agile environments. The review shows that AI-based solutions exhibit a positive change in their accuracy in forecasting, efficiency in management, and preventive risk reduction. Nevertheless, there are still major issues such as the lack of explainability, data dependency, organizational resistance, and a lack of focus on governance and adaptability to context. The review has pointed out that there is a need to have a comprehensive and human-based integration framework that balances technical intelligence alongside managerial control and organizational viability. This study, through the consolidated evidence and the existence of gaps in the research, offers a systematic basis on which a future study of lifecycle-integrated and explainable AI-driven software project management could be carried out.