[2603.18916] Agentic Business Process Management: A Research Manifesto

Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence arXiv:2603.18916 (cs) [Submitted on 19 Mar 2026 (v1), last revised 20 Mar 2026 (this version, v2)] Title:Agentic Business Process Management: A Research Manifesto Authors:Diego Calvanese, Angelo Casciani, Giuseppe De Giacomo, Marlon Dumas, Fabiana Fournier, Timotheus Kampik, Emanuele La Malfa, Lior Limonad, Andrea Marrella, Andreas Metzger, Marco Montali, Daniel Amyot, Peter Fettke, Artem Polyvyanyy, Stefanie Rinderle-Ma, Sebastian Sardiña, Niek Tax, Barbara Weber View a PDF of the paper titled Agentic Business Process Management: A Research Manifesto, by Diego Calvanese and 17 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:This paper presents a manifesto that articulates the conceptual foundations of Agentic Business Process Management (APM), an extension of Business Process Management (BPM) for governing autonomous agents executing processes in organizations. From a management perspective, APM represents a paradigm shift from the traditional process view of the business process, driven by the realization of process awareness and an agent-oriented abstraction, where software and human agents act as primary functional entities that perceive, reason, and act within explicit process frames. This perspective marks a shift from traditional, automation-oriented BPM toward systems in which autonomy is constrained, aligned, and made operational through process awareness. We introduce the core abstractions and architectural elements ...