--- title: "Did Agile Break Engineering and Can AI Build It Back? (Enterprise / Q&A)" canonical: https://wavect.io/events/did-agile-break-engineering/ language: en description: "A live enterprise Q&A on Agile, agentic AI, software architecture, technical debt, engineering governance and the future of software systems." image: "https://wavect.io/img/events/did-agile-break-engineering.png" --- [All events](/events/) Event ended Online Agile & Agentic AI # Did Agile Break Engineering and Can AI Build It Back? (Enterprise / Q&A) This event has already taken place. Browse the recap and resources below, or check what's coming up next. When Thursday, 23 July 2026, 17:00–18:00 CEST Duration 1 hr Where Online [https://www.linkedin.com/events/7482853093060104193](https://www.linkedin.com/events/7482853093060104193) Language English Topic Agile & Agentic AI Price Free ![Did Agile Break Engineering and Can AI Build It Back? Full event recording.](/img/events/did-agile-break-engineering.png) Did Agile Break Engineering and Can AI Build It Back? Full event recording. The original promise Agile was created by engineers to protect craftsmanship, autonomy and working software. So how did it become associated with ceremonies, delivery pressure, technical debt and the gradual erosion of engineering culture? The new inflection point Now agentic AI is introducing another major shift. Software can be generated faster than ever, reviving the decades-old dream of the “software factory.” But does this create better systems or simply produce technical debt at industrial speed? Live discussion + audience Q&A ## Two perspectives on what engineering becomes next Join Alexandre Kotcherguine and Kevin Riedl for a live discussion based on their three-part guest-article series. ![Alexandre Kotcherguine](/img/team/alexandre-kotcherguine.jpeg) ### Alexandre Kotcherguine Vision Officer and Investor Polity ![Kevin Riedl](/img/team/kevin.webp) ### [Kevin Riedl](/team/kevin-riedl/) Managing Partner Wavect The three-part argument ## Read the series behind the conversation 1. [01 Agile De-engineering](/blog/agile-de-engineering/) 2. [02 The Factory Returns](/blog/the-factory-returns/) 3. [03 The Future of Enterprise Software](/blog/future-of-enterprise-software/) Discussion map ## What we’ll explore - 01 - Where enterprise Agile departed from its original engineering principles - 02 - Why AI moves engineering judgement from writing code to defining specifications, constraints and quality gates - 03 - Whether industrial-scale software production can coexist with craftsmanship and adaptability - 04 - Why governance, not merely the AI model, may determine whether agentic development succeeds - 05 - How AI could restore whole-system engineering and make complex architectures easier to understand and control - 06 - Where verifiable and decentralised systems may fit into the future of enterprise software Not a replacement debate > What does engineering become when producing code is no longer the primary constraint? Bring your questions about Agile, AI-assisted development, software architecture, technical debt, engineering leadership and the future of enterprise systems. 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