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AWS AI-DLC

EMERGES

A prescriptive workflow for the inner loop and its intent interface — strong mechanics, imported theory.

frameworkengineeringleadershipproductorigin: AWS, 2025upd 2026-06

Code review

TRANSFORMS

Line-level inspection drowns at machine volume; intent-and-architecture verification is what review becomes.

practiceengineeringleadershiporigin: Fagan inspections → pull-request cultureupd 2026-06

Daily standup

TRANSFORMS

Status reporting dies — agents report their own status. Judgment synchronisation is what remains.

practiceengineeringproductleadershiporigin: XP / Scrumupd 2026-06

Executable definitions of correct — the discipline the whole engine turns on.

methodengineeringqaproductorigin: AI-native practice, ~2023 onwardupd 2026-06

Stop prompting agents turn by turn; design the system that runs and grades itself — the writer model is never the one that decides it's done.

methodengineeringleadershiporigin: Addy Osmani, 2026upd 2026-06

The phase dissolves; the instinct gets promoted into evaluation engineering.

practiceqaengineeringorigin: Waterfall-era quality gatesupd 2026-06

The navigator seat is now the job; the agent drives.

practiceengineeringorigin: Extreme Programmingupd 2026-06

From persuasion document to executable intent — the PRD becomes the mesh, or it becomes noise.

artifactproductorigin: Classical product managementupd 2026-06

Scrum

DISSOLVES

Coordination machinery for human-speed teams; the machinery outlives its constraint by habit alone.

frameworkproductengineeringleadershiporigin: Schwaber & Sutherland, 1995upd 2026-06

Estimation rationed scarce hours across a queue. Remove the scarcity and there is nothing left to estimate.

practiceproductengineeringorigin: XP / Scrum traditionupd 2026-06

Tests stop checking the work and start commissioning it — the spec the inner loop executes against.

methodengineeringqaorigin: Kent Beck / XPupd 2026-06
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