The AI-Powered Software Development Lifecycle
By now, AI is already becoming mainstream in software development (right?), but are we focusing on the right areas? Developers now write code faster than ever with AI-powered tools like Copilot, yet meetings, requirements engineering, and testing remain time-consuming bottlenecks. What if AI could optimize these less exciting aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) instead?
Take a nurse as an example—she wants to spend more time with patients, yet much of her day is spent on administrative tasks behind a computer. Yet we focus on optimizing her time with patients, while we should focus on reducing the digital overhead instead? The same applies to software teams: developers want to build great software, product owners want to shape the vision, and testers want to ensure quality—all without being bogged down by tedious work.
In this session, we’ll explore the AI-augmented SDLC, moving beyond just coding assistance. Together we can rethink AI’s role in software development—not just for making coding faster, but for making all roles more impactful and enjoyable.
About the speaker
René van Osnabrugge
As GCD of Xebia Microsoft Services, Rene enables consultants to help organizations and leadership teams to build an engineering culture that allows them to build, deliver, and operate software in a secure and compliant way. With a focus on both the technical and cultural aspects of a company, Rene helps clients transform their work processes, operating model, and culture to become high-speed, innovative, and productive.
Rene is passionate about learning new technologies and exploring the cultural and people aspects of companies. He believes that by focusing on both technical implementation and cultural development, we can drive our industry forward. He loves sharing his knowledge and insights at conferences and training events.
As a frequently asked speaker at well-known industry events like GitHub Universe, NDC, Techorama, AllDayDevOps, NDC, and Visual Studio Live!, Rene is known for his expertise in Microsoft Azure, DevOps and DevOps Culture. In addition to being a Microsoft MVP since 2012, he is also the founder of the popular community event Global DevOps Bootcamp.