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Shaving the Yak with AI - Devs Want Specs, Product Owners Want Speed

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In this conference talk from NDC Melbourne, learn how AI can revolutionize the classic tension between Product Owners seeking speed and developers requiring detailed specifications. Explore how AI-powered tools like YakShaver (for GitHub and Azure DevOps) and Loom (for Jira) can serve as mediators in the development process. Discover how these solutions automatically capture discussions, structure work items, and ensure properly prepared backlog items assigned to the right places. Adam Cogan demonstrates practical lessons from implementing AI to address one of software development's most persistent challenges, showing how AI creates team balance. The presentation also covers how Microsoft Teams can enhance the solution by capturing audio and video, using Whisper for transcription, and leveraging GPT-4o to generate structured content, all orchestrated through Semantic Kernel architecture for seamless integration with development platforms.

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Shaving the Yak with AI - Devs want specs, Product Owners want speed - Adam Cogan

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