Software takes longer to develop than other parts of the org want to wait.

AI is emerging as a possible solution to this decades old problem.

thyristan 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Everything takes longer than ppl want to wait. But when building a house, ppl are more patient and tolerant about the time taken, because they can physically see the progress, the effort, the sweat. Software is intangible and invisible except maybe for beta-testers and developer liaisons. And the visual parts, like the nonfunctional GUI or web UI, are often taken as "most of the work is done", because that is what people see and interact with.

	▲	jmathai 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		It's product management's job to bridge that gap. Break down and prioritize complex projects into smaller deliverables that keep the business folks happy. It's better than houses, IMO - no one moves into the bedroom once it's finished while waiting for the kitchen.

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zppln 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No, the org will still have to wait for the requirements, which is what they were waiting for all along.

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dudefeliciano 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

until the whole company fails because lack of polishing and security in the software. Think tea app openly accessible databases...

	▲	spogbiper 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		is there any evidence the tea app failure was due to AI use?

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YeGoblynQueenne 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or as a new problem that it will persist for decades to come.

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ozim 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t really see this as universal truth with corporate customers stalling process for up to 2 years or end users being reluctant to change.

We were deploying new changes every 2 weeks and it was too fast. End users need training and communication, pushback was quite a thing.

We also just pushed back aggressive timeline we had for migration to new tech. Much faster interface with shorter paths - but users went all pitchforks and torches just because it was new.

But with AI fortunately we will get rid of those pesky users right?

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thyristan 7 days ago | parent [-]

Different situation. You already had a product that they were quite happy with, and that worked well for them. So they saw change as a problem, not a good thing. They weren't waiting for anything new, or anything to improve, they were happy on their couch and you made them move to redo the upholstery.

	▲	ozim 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		They were not happy otherwise we would not have new requirements. Well maybe they were happy but software needs to be updated to new business processes their company was rolling out. Managers wanted the changes ASAP - their employees not so much, but they had to learn that hard way. Not so fun part was that we got the blame. Just like I got down vote :), not my first rodeo.