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Making Sense of Agentic AI | ThoughtWorks Birgitta Boeckeler
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There’s AI agents. There’s AI tooling. Do either drive business impact or are they just more things your dev team is supposed to stay on top of?
Birgitta Boeckeler, Global Lead for AI Assisted Software Delivery at ThoughtWorks, joins the show to discuss the practical applications of AI in software delivery. She shares her research on AI agents, highlights areas where AI hasn't lived up to the hype, and offers concrete examples of useful AI tools for development teams.
Dan Lines then joins the conversation to provide his perspective on how engineering leaders can leverage these insights to effectively implement AI within their own teams. He also discusses LinearB's efforts in helping software teams measure the business impact of AI.
Show Notes:
- 2025 Engineering Benchmarks Insights Webinar
- Refactoring x Dev Interrupted Survey
- Birgitta’s LinkedIn
- Birgitta’s website
- Martin Fowler Memos
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Manage episode 449760669 series 2844204
There’s AI agents. There’s AI tooling. Do either drive business impact or are they just more things your dev team is supposed to stay on top of?
Birgitta Boeckeler, Global Lead for AI Assisted Software Delivery at ThoughtWorks, joins the show to discuss the practical applications of AI in software delivery. She shares her research on AI agents, highlights areas where AI hasn't lived up to the hype, and offers concrete examples of useful AI tools for development teams.
Dan Lines then joins the conversation to provide his perspective on how engineering leaders can leverage these insights to effectively implement AI within their own teams. He also discusses LinearB's efforts in helping software teams measure the business impact of AI.
Show Notes:
- 2025 Engineering Benchmarks Insights Webinar
- Refactoring x Dev Interrupted Survey
- Birgitta’s LinkedIn
- Birgitta’s website
- Martin Fowler Memos
Support the show:
- Subscribe to our Substack
- Leave us a review
- Subscribe on YouTube
- Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn
Offers:
235 episodes
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