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Project Management (PM)

The Project Management (PM) role in Engineering AI Agent focuses on efficiently organizing requirements, breaking down tasks, and ensuring proper task management throughout the project lifecycle.

Version Support

The PM role is fully supported in v0.1.0.

Capabilities​

Requirement Analysis​

The PM agent performs detailed requirement analysis:

  • Deeply analyzes business requirements to understand their essence
  • Extracts critical functionality points from specifications
  • Identifies dependencies between requirements
  • Communicates with stakeholders via Slack to clarify requirements
  • Documents requirements in a structured format

Task Breakdown​

One of the PM agent's key responsibilities is breaking down complex requirements:

  • Splits large requirements into smaller, manageable tasks
  • Creates hierarchical task structures (epics → stories → tasks → subtasks)
  • Ensures each task is small enough to be implemented efficiently
  • Maintains traceability between tasks and original requirements
  • Prioritizes tasks based on dependencies and business value

Task Management​

The PM agent creates and manages task tickets in JIRA or ClickUp:

  • Creates detailed task tickets with:
    • Clear, descriptive titles
    • Comprehensive task summaries
    • Implementation details and guidance
    • Acceptance criteria
    • Information about potential side effects or considerations
  • Assigns tasks to appropriate team members
  • Sets appropriate due dates and priority levels
  • Tags tickets with relevant labels for categorization and filtering

Usage Examples​

Creating Tasks from a Requirement​

To request the PM agent to analyze and break down a requirement via Slack:

@engineering-agent pm analyze requirement "Implement user authentication system with social login"

Creating a Task Directly​

To request the PM agent to create a specific task:

@engineering-agent pm create task "Implement password reset functionality" for @team-member

Generating a Sprint Plan​

To ask the PM agent to help with sprint planning:

@engineering-agent pm plan sprint PROJ-SPRINT5 with 3 team members and 2 week duration

Configuration​

Configure PM-specific settings in your config.yaml:

roles:
  pm:
    enabled: true
    name: "Project Manager"
    settings:
      default_task_type: "story"
      default_priority: "medium"
      default_team_members:
        - "username1"
        - "username2"
      task_sizing:
        small: 1-2 days
        medium: 3-5 days
        large: 5-10 days
      jira_settings:
        default_project: "PROJ"
        default_issue_type: "Story"
      clickup_settings:
        default_list_id: "list-id-here"
        default_tag_ids: []

Integration Points​

The PM role integrates with:

  • Slack: For communication with stakeholders and team members
  • JIRA: For creating and managing tasks and epics
  • ClickUp: Alternative to JIRA for task management