Definitely Agile
Your weekly dose of agile insights with Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock — two seasoned experts navigating the ever-evolving world of agile, digital transformation, and organizational change.
From real-world challenges to practical strategies, Peter and Dave explore what’s working (and what’s not) in agile today — with a healthy dose of skepticism, stories from the trenches, and just the right amount of debate.
Whether you're a seasoned coach, curious leader, or agile enthusiast, join the conversation and uncover how to thrive in the messy, unpredictable, and maybe-agile reality of modern work.
AI Meets The Software Delivery Bottleneck
AI can push software delivery to machine speed, but the bottleneck was never the code. Customers, approvals and decisions still move at human speed. Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock look at the AI software delivery lifecycle through clock speed. Code generation is getting close to machine speed. Cus...
AI in the SDLC Is Only as Good as Its Context
AI in the software delivery lifecycle is moving faster than any process you can write down. A model that works today may be wrong in a month or two. Dave Sharrock and Peter Maddison unpack what AI is really doing to the SDLC, from ideation and design through build, release, and operations. They star...
Outcomes Over Output with Mik Kersten
AI can now produce output faster than most organizations can absorb it. Mik Kersten explains why the move from output to outcome has become a leadership job. Mik, author of Project to Product and his new book Output to Outcome, joins Peter and Dave to talk about what happens when coding stops being ...
Is Spec-Driven Development Just Big Upfront Design?
Spec-driven development with AI is getting a lot of attention. Peter and Dave ask when that structure actually helps you, and when it slows you down. They start with the AI SDLC white paper Anthropic recently published. It lays out a structured, spec-driven approach built for consistency. Peter sees...
How to Validate AI Output Before You Trust It
AI agents will tell you everything works. Here is how to validate AI output when the mistakes are ones no human would ever make. Peter and Dave compare notes from building software, training material, and presentations with AI. The problems they keep running into are strange ones: the wrong database...