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Spec-driven development: how to use AI without compromising quality

· Peter Rausch

01 / 08

What is spec-driven development?

Spec-driven development (also written as spec driven development) means creating enough direction for people, AI, design, and code to work toward the same goal. It is not about…

02 / 08

What goes into the specification?

A good specification does not have to answer everything, but it does need to reduce ambiguities that could jeopardize delivery. It should make the following clear:

03 / 08

Where does AI help in software development?

Once the specification was in place, AI played a role at different points in the project.

04 / 08

How much did AI speed up development on the project?

The team's estimate was a 30% to 40% gain in mobile development. This number should be interpreted carefully: it applies to that project and that workstream. Complexity…

05 / 08

What is the risk of using AI to skip steps?

There is a common pitfall when using AI for development: treating the tool as a way to skip steps. In some cases, it does speed up writing code, but it can also speed up…

06 / 08

What are gates in AI-assisted development?

Gates are validation checkpoints that prevent a fast delivery from becoming fragile. The more speed you add to the process, the more important gates become. In this project, they…

07 / 08

How do you measure whether spec-driven development worked?

Measuring AI-powered speed by lines of code generated tells you very little. What matters is understanding whether the team reduced rework, anticipated questions, found problems…

08 / 08

Where should you start with spec-driven development?

For technology leaders, the most useful question is not which AI tool to use first. It is: What way of working do we need to build so that AI increases speed without reducing…

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