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AWS AI-DLC, AIDD, the BMAD Method and spec-driven development: what each one is, who coined it, where it sits on the four phases, and what it leaves for you to decide.

7 lessonsabout 49 minutesAI-DLC, AIDD, BMAD and SDD, placed

1. 1AI-DLC vs AIDD vs agentic SDLC vs PDLC: what each term meansAI-DLC, AIDLC, AIDDLC, AIDD, agentic SDLC, spec-driven development and BMAD: who coined each term, what it names, and the question it answers.8 min · Beginner
2. 2What is AI-DLC? AWS's AI-driven development lifecycleAI-DLC is AWS's AI-Driven Development Life Cycle: AI proposes and people decide, across Inception, Construction and Operations, in bolts of hours or days.7 min · Beginner
3. 3What is AI-driven development (AIDD)? The daily craftAI-driven development (AIDD) is the everyday craft of building software with coding agents: context files, story files, exact code first, and review by risk.7 min · Beginner
4. 4What is the BMAD Method? Five agents, one Build loopThe BMAD Method as it installs today: five named agents, skills in your coding tool, one Build loop that sizes itself. When its trail pays, and when not.7 min · Beginner
5. 5What is spec-driven development? Kiro and Spec Kit explainedSpec-driven development means writing the spec before the code and building from it with AI. How Kiro and GitHub Spec Kit do it, and the honest critiques.7 min · Beginner
6. 6How AI-DLC, BMAD, Spec Kit and Scrum fit one lifecycleWhere AWS AI-DLC, Kiro, Spec Kit, BMAD, Scrum, Shape Up and stage-gate sit on the agentic PDLC's four phases, and the decisions none of them makes.7 min · Intermediate
7. 7How much process does a change need? Sizing agentic workSize process by a change's risk, not its size: four questions choose shallow, standard or deep work, and one trigger raises the depth mid-flight.6 min · Intermediate

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