With the advent of agentic AI, Software Engineering is transforming to a new era dubbed Software Engineering 3.0. Software project management (SPM) must also evolve with such transformations to boost successful project completion, while keeping humans at the heart of it. Building on our preliminary ideas of "agentic SPM", and supporting literature, we present our vision of an "Agentic Project Manager (PM)" as a multi-agent system for SPM 3.0. They will work like a "junior project manager", or an "intern project manager" collaboratively with software teams. We introduce four working modes, with varying autonomy levels to choose from, based on the SPM task. This addresses concerns with ethics, accountability, and trust related to agentic PMs. We also share insights on human PM role evolution and new skill requirements as a "strategic leader" and a "coach" for humans and agents. While creating the foundation for agentic SPM research, we present a research agenda for the wider research community.
翻译:随着代理式人工智能的兴起,软件工程正在转型进入一个被称为"软件工程3.0"的新时代。软件项目管理也必须顺应这种变革,在坚持以人为核心的前提下,提升项目成功交付率。基于我们先前提出的"代理式软件项目管理"初步构想及相关文献支持,我们提出了"代理式项目经理"作为软件项目管理3.0时代的多智能体系统愿景。该系统将如同"初级项目经理"或"实习项目经理"般,与软件团队协同工作。我们提出了四种具有不同自主层级的工作模式,可根据具体项目管理任务进行选择。这种设计旨在应对代理式项目经理所涉及的伦理、问责与信任问题。同时,我们分享了关于人类项目经理角色演变的见解,指出其将发展为兼具"战略领导者"和"人机教练"双重职能的新角色,并阐述了相应的技能要求。在奠定代理式软件管理研究基础的同时,我们为更广泛的研究群体提出了具体的研究议程。