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Artificial Intelligence, especially Generative AI and LLM's are all the buzz in the world. But LLM's are akin to the invention of the transistor. What is to come is a renaissance of greater and faster integration, and innovation of disruptive Use Cases. Early days are focused around sustaining innovations - simple wrappers of these LLM's into existing products and usage scenarios. Incumbents are reticent to destroy their revenue pipelines and fully commit. But disruption is upon us, and Use Cases that think about the world in a drastically different way are starting to appear. Nimble innovators will overtake big-tech behemoths and improve productivity in ways that we haven't seen since the printing press, the personal computer or the internet. We are uniquely positioned to move rapidly in this environment and are first to market with a truly transformative set of Use Cases that will change how we think about delivering software value. We have turned the value stream inside-out. No more ceremonies, self-help programs, or intermediaries who have never cut a single line of code in their lives. No more branded Agile methods, Scaling frameworks or bloated bodies of knowledge. Just software.
With the advent of LLM's and Generative AI, all the pieces of the puzzle are in place to materially improve the success rates related to software engineering. For over 50 years, mere sustaining innovations have attempted to change the status quo and have failed - the trend is flat, yet the demand for software is continually increasing. The world needs to think differently. Instead of scaling up, teams need to scale down. The combination of Declarative and Generative AI enables a single principal to do the work of a 100 person team or more. The implications of this have been estimated to result in software industry job losses on the order of 90%. We take a different view. Rather than be run over by this inevitable revolution, people can embrace this new paradigm and yield orders of magnitude more productivity. The net result is not job losses, but rather better efficiency, effectiveness and more software that is successful. Early adopters who join our movement are given something else - a chance to make a difference and earn a seat at the table to shape the future.
Anyone who has been involved in big software programs knows they are fundamentally different than the world of small and startup types of development. When many hundreds or even thousands of people are brought to bear on a software endeavor, very complex dynamics emerge. These social dynamics at their core do not lend themselves to simple organizational processes or structures or flavor-du-jour methodologies. Far more systemic issues come into play including cultural friction, scale, complexity, motivation, and risks, especially those risks related to vendor management.
SDE is an organization focused on materially improving the success rates related to software development capability improvement. With over $200B left on the table each year due to software project train-wrecks, current performance in the IT industry must give way to better outcomes. It is not just a nice to have, it is a business imperative for Digital Transformation. Our consultants know what it takes to get the job done, how to navigate the inevitable rough patches, and can provide that second pair of eyes that gives you the necessary independence to disrupt the status quo. Armed with our technology, no one can touch our capabilities to provide the data and the reach necessary to empirically improve your enterprise.