Intelligent Agile: Conceptual Modeling and AI for Next-Generation Agile Software Development

Although Agile is now the most popular software development methodology, agile projects continue to fail. Conceptual modeling can help address at least two major challenges in agile projects: managing requirements and communication for collaboration and coordination. At the same time, conceptual modeling has not been well received by agile teams, as traditional conceptual modeling comes with high overhead. We propose a new approach to agile that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and conceptual modeling together. This design approach enables us to advance beyond passive conceptual modeling representations, such as static diagrams, to the new types of information systems (IS), intelligent conceptual modeling systems (ICMS), that have awareness, autonomy, adaptivity, and activity. In this way, conceptual modeling, powered by AI, facilitates requirements and communication in agile projects, resulting in what we call intelligent agile.