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Agentic AI that Lasts

Teach your team to 10x Themselves,� and live to see the benefits!

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Presented By Daniel Scheufler

Christian, Husband, Father of 5

Improver

"Leading Software Engineering Excellently"

Daniel@scheufler.tech

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielscheufler/

My blog - https://daniel.scheufler.tech/

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Tale of Two Numbers

1000

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Tale of Two Numbers

Dollars

10x Output

1000

Months

Delayed

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Let's make this useful!

Everyone came with a goal...

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Yesterday's Development Process

Gather Requirements

Implement

Acceptance Testing

Release

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The Situation with AI

Gather Requirements

Implement

Acceptance Testing

Release

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The Situation with AI

Gather Requirements

Implement

Acceptance Testing

Release

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So, how do we get teams up to speed?

AND How do we make that speed Matter!?

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Part 1 - Help your team 10x

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Manage Your Context

AI just predicts the next most likely word, or code statement!

It does NOT know your architecture

It ONLY knows what you TELL IT!

So DOCUMENT your context, so the AI can know!

You must manage both FEEDING the right context to the Agent,

AND GUIDING what it keeps in working memory!

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Leverage AI to Create your Context

Start by having the coding agent explore your code base and DOCUMENT what it finds.

Correct the document to match the intended Architecture and Code Standards

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Adapt Documentation into Enforceable Rules

How do you make AI write the kind of code you want?

You TELL it!

Write rules for how code should look and read.

Rules = 'Enforceable Standard'

Apply these at the right level

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Capture The Best of your Process!

Your AI needs FEEDBACK
Developers call this TDD/BDD!

But your AI doesn't know how to do that!

So TELL it!

Workflow = curated, repeatable sequence of steps

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Teach the AI how to do the hard stuff!

Your AI is a fancy prediction engine, not a sentient being (yet!)

You must TELL it how to do things!

Skill = Dedicated Instruction Manual for a common task

Build up a library specific to your needs!

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Part 2 - Make that 10x Matter

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Find your bottlenecks!

Look for anything with a lot of process gates

Many are hidden by your current system!

Recommendation: Start by working backwards from the ideal!

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Change your Dynamics

How many of your current projects need 10x the delivery capacity?

Keep in mind the distribution will be uneven

EVERY situation can be improved with diligent effort.

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Totally New, And Totally the Same

Some constraints have fundamentally shifted

But the goal has remained: Value for our customers

They never cared about the Code, just the value it enabled.

Effective AI-Augmented Development requires eliminating our old assumptions!

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Summary

Your team can 10x their output

But our organization must change

AI Augmented Development demands a new skill

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When one developer can 10x their delivery for $1000, how do we work past a 6 month system delay?

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Questions?

Thank you for your time

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More Information

Repo with Examples for Today's Talk!

Special gift for Conference Attendees!

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