I predict that in "20 minutes in the future" we'll see the industry moving to AI based scrum-assistants with a scheduled daily trigger, that will reach out to each dev to have a check-in conversation and then automatically synthesize the input from everyone and update the project manager (possibly AI-based itself) with insight about how things are progressing and recommendations.

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quxbar a day ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.dailybot.com/ I think we're re-inventing early 2010s development trends with extra steps.

	▲	dkdcio a day ago \| parent [-]
		this is literally something my team already does —- you don’t need AI but this does fit with my running theory that AI makes it easier for people to see stupid processes they should change

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MangoToupe a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's been around a while in various forms. It's still no replacement for synchronously asking follow up questions and being available for decision making.

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falcor84 a day ago | parent [-]

But that's what a modern AI agent can do, which previous ones couldn't. If a company gives it full access to the project management system, your previous conversations with it, and its prior conversations with the other team members, I believe it can be quite good at follow up and recommendations. I do absolutely see managers giving it some limited decision making (e.g. "Yes, we should split this subtask off into next sprint") very soon.

	▲	MangoToupe a day ago \| parent [-]
		Yea but that's not quite the same social pressure and implication of urgency; people are more motivated if they know they're talking to a human. That's my impulsive guess, anyway.

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madcaptenor a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My employer literally moved to this this week.

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seb1204 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is that not already reflected in the ticket status?

	▲	falcor84 a day ago \| parent [-]
		Not if there's a ticket you're sort of but not quite stuck on, and feel uncomfortable updating the ticket status, as it could then prompt your lead to say "well, have you tried X already?" and feel clever about their contribution, while the reality is more complex and then you have to get into an awkward chat with them about why X is a poor idea in this case.

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jay_kyburz a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The AI is watching your screen and check-ins, it doesn't need to ask you, it knows what you are working on.

It will tell you how much time you spent working on tickets, and how long to spent working on the perfect reply for hacker news.

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coldtea a day ago | parent [-]

By that point one would be wise to find another job, because an IT gig wont be any different than a glorified McJob (if it's not eliminated entirely)

	▲	falcor84 a day ago \| parent [-]
		> By that point one would be wise to find another job Much easier said then done. Especially if this really goes towards technological unemployment.