Agile Community Network
Work is changing. What does that mean for your career, your team, and how your organization gets things done? Agile Community Network brings practitioners and leaders together for candid conversations about AI, shifting job markets, leadership, and the everyday challenges of working with agility. Each month, host Ray Arell, our cohosts, and callers from the community compare what they’re seeing across industries, share what’s working, and wrestle with questions that don’t have easy answers. We explore how Agile and Lean thinking can help people adapt, deliver value, and build workplaces where people can do their best work. Expect practical experience, different perspectives, and room to challenge the usual advice. Listen to the podcast or bring your own questions to our monthly live conversation. Visit acnpodcast.org to register or learn how to support ACN as a supporting member or sponsor.
Agile Community Network
Is AI Really Making Software Cheaper?
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AI can make writing code faster, but what happens to the work that follows? In episode 116, the ACN community shares experiences with growing demands on testing, security, maintenance, and support, alongside pressure to add features simply because they’re easier to build. The conversation explores smaller increments, human judgment, and governance that actually guides what agents do. There’s promise in faster experimentation, but the overall payoff remains an open question. How can teams use the time AI saves to create something valuable? The episode also includes a remembrance of ACN cohost Sheila McGrath.
Join Shawna Cullinan, Jörg Pietruszka, Diana Larsen, Sheila Eckert, Sheila McGrath, April Mills, Hendrik Esser, Ray Arell, and all the callers to the monthly live event as we explore this topic. For details on the next live event or how to support our show, please visit acnpodcast.org.
