When Machines Prefer Waterfall (Abridged Edition)
The Agentic Delivery Lifecycle and the Future of AI-Assisted Software DevelopmentBy Mark A. Smith
Length3h 20m
About this audiobook
When Machines Prefer Waterfall introduces the Agentic Delivery Lifecycle—a complete methodology for the age of AI-assisted development. Based on academic research from Tsinghua University and MIT, real-world case studies, and the patterns now shipping in every major agentic platform, this book shows engineering leaders how to restructure teams, processes, and governance for a world where humans specify intent and machines execute implementation.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology, Business and Economics
Length3 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1When Machines Prefer Waterfall
2The Agentic Delivery Lifecycle and the Future of AI-Assisted Software Development
3By Mark A. Smith, PMP, CSM, CSPO
4Abridged Audiobook Edition
5A Note to the Listener
Show all chaptersShow less
6Chapter 1: The Velocity Paradox
7The Promise of Infinite Velocity
8The Dip: When More Code Means Less Value
9The $2.3 Million Sprint to Nowhere
10The Output Trap
11Technical Debt at Machine Speed
12The Psychology of Machine-Speed Creation
13The Competitive Dimension
14The Way Forward
15Chapter 2: The $500,000 Meeting
16The Hidden Cost: Artificial Latency
17Project Velocity: The Asynchronous Experiment
18The Psychological Trap: Why We Can't Stop Meeting
19Breaking the Meeting Addiction
20From Synchronization to Governance
21The Dangers of Under-Coordination
22The Path Forward
23Chapter 3: The ChatDev Paradox (Why Waterfall Won)
24The Chat Chain: Why Structure Enables Machine Collaboration
25MetaGPT and the SOP Revolution
26Why Separating Reviewers from Coders Reduces Hallucinations
27The Micro-Waterfall
28Project Meridian: Micro-Waterfall at Nexus
29The Continuous Loop
30The Limits of Structure
31The Convergent Evolution
32Structure as Liberation
33Chapter 4: The Constitution (Requirements as Code)
34The Death of the User Story
35The Shopify Reckoning
36Spec-Driven Development
37The System Constitution
38The Influence Topology
39The Psychological Shift
40The Economics of Specification
41Chapter 5: The Blueprint (Design Before Code)
42When Agents Skip Design
43Treefinement: Teaching Agents to Think in Alternatives
44Context Engineering: The New Architect's Role
45The Design Paradox: Slowing Down to Speed Up
46What Good Design Looks Like
47Chapter 6: Swarm Patterns for Complex Software
48From Assembly Line to Swarm Intelligence
49The Three Tiers of Swarm Execution
50Agentic AppSec: Security as Continuous Adversarial Testing
More from Mark A. Smith
ApolloCharles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox18h 15m$30
Improvised Weapons and Munitions - The Official U.S. Army ManualU.S. Department of the Army4h 38m$2 · $0.00
Frosty: The incredible true story of the boy from Doonside who became a Bathurst kingMark Winterbottom8h 9m$26 · $0.00
Cadillac Desert, Revised and Updated EditionMarc Reisner27h 56m$30
The Honey BusMeredith May9h 31m$25 · $0.00
Operation PedestalMax Hastings12h 29m$29 · $0.00
When the Heavens Went on SaleAshlee Vance18h 20m$40 · $0.00
Hands of TimeRebecca Struthers8h 8m5.0 (1)$26 · $0.00
Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You)Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Griffin McElroy5h 9m$24 · $0.00
The Collected WorksNikola Tesla50h 9m$1 · $0.00
Never Lost AgainBill Kilday10h 1m$29 · $0.00
How the Internet HappenedBrian McCullough13h 28m$23 · $0.00
Collected Writings of Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla, Thomas Commerford Martin21h 50m$1 · $0.00
Just AspireAjai Chowdhry9h 13m$29 · $0.00
The Little Book of AliensAdam Frank8h 20m$26 · $0.00
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla (Annotated)Thomas Commerford Martin16h 59m$2 · $0.00
KargilV.P. Malik15h 18m$24 · $0.00
Fire on the HorizonTom Shroder, John Konrad8h 23m$26 · $0.00
The Smell of Kerosene (Annotated)National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Donald L. Mallick, Peter W. Merlin11h 32m$2 · $0.00
The Boy Who Harnessed the WindWilliam Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer10h 5m$29 · $0.00
Sales Success for the RookieSteve Lentini3h 49m$15
The Business of StoriesSusan Payton3h 58m$20 · $0.00
A Bridge Not Too FarDeepak Ohri4h 55m$15
AretéBrian Johnson19h 57m$35
Testtrainer Logisches DenkenGRETA CRENSHAW10h 11m$12.50 · $0.00
Level UpRob Dial7h 42m$26 · $0.00
Hal Moore on LeadershipHarold G. Moore, Mike Guardia5h 6m$17
Basic Economics, Fifth EditionThomas Sowell28h 6m$40
The Goals ProgramZig Ziglar4h 34m$20
The Stocks & ETF Compass: A Guide to Wealth, High Standard of Living, and Secure Retirement through Intelligent Investment in the Stock Market and Passive Income – Including Starter GuideJens Hattermann4h 9m$20 · $0.00
Eat It!Jordan Syatt, Michael Vacanti4h 40m$20 · $0.00
Progress and Poverty, Volumes I and II (Annotated)Henry George20h 24m$2 · $0.00
Not Everything Counts but Everything Matters: The powerful and inspirational new book about leadership and achieving success from the visionary multi-premiership winning Panthers coachIvan Cleary6h 1m$24 · $0.00
Leads MachineFrancis Rodino6h 30m$27 · $0.00
CAPITAL (Complete 3 Volume Edition)Karl Marx111h 13m$2 · $0.00
BuildTony Fadell11h 5m$8 · $0.00
The Joys Of CompoundingGautam Baid17h 34m$18 · $0.00
The Entrepreneur Roller CoasterDarren Hardy7h 8m$17
The Law of Success in Sixteen LessonsNapoleon Hill1h 31m$2 · $0.00
Poor Charlie’s AlmanackGrover Gardener, Charles T. Munger13h 9m$18 · $0.00
You may also like
I Am Not a RobotJoanna Stern8h 2m5.0 (2)$28 · $0.00
Robot RightsDavid J. Gunkel10h 58m$23 · $0.00
In Our Own ImageGeorge Zarkadakis13h 48m$23 · $0.00
Me, My Customer, and AIHenrik Werdelin, Nicholas Thorne3h 41m$20
Think, Focus, Grow RichRobert4h 38m$6 · $0.00
The Future Ready OrganizationGyan Nagpal7h 44m$26 · $0.00
The Creativity CodeMarcus du Sautoy9h 54m$20 · $0.00
Tesla's Experiments with Alternating Currents (Annotated)Nikola Tesla10h 30m$2 · $0.00
The Artificial AuthorSimone Aliprandi7h 42m$15 · $0.00
Ai Revolution And Its Unstoppable Global ImpactEveraldo Santos Silva1h 27m$7 · $0.00
The True Creator of EverythingMiguel Nicolelis14h 41m$23 · $0.00
The NumeratiStephen Baker7h 55m$17 · $0.00
Tesla: Collected Writings (Annotated)Nikola Tesla50h 16m$2 · $0.00
Artificial IntelligenceAxel Mammitzsch53m$10 · $0.00
DriverlessHod Lipson, Melba Kurman9h 57m$20
Giant Brains, or, Machines That ThinkEdmund Callis Berkeley9h 21m$2.30
Making SenseSam Harris22h 27m$46 · $0.00
Leads MachineFrancis Rodino6h 30m$27 · $0.00
Love and Sex with RobotsDavid Levy11h 28m$21 · $0.00
Made To Measure and Five More StoriesWilliam Campbell Gault4h 53m$2.30