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
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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
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