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Methods decoded

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 lessons · about 49 minutes · AI-DLC, AIDD, BMAD and SDD, placed

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#	Lesson	What it covers	Time
1	AI-DLC vs AIDD vs Agentic SDLC vs PDLC: What Each Term Means	AI-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
2	What Is AI-DLC? AWS's AI-Driven Development Lifecycle	AI-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
3	What Is AI-Driven Development (AIDD)? The Daily Craft	AI-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
4	What Is the BMAD Method? Five Agents, One Build Loop	The 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
5	What Is Spec-Driven Development? Kiro and Spec Kit Explained	Spec-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
6	How AI-DLC, BMAD, Spec Kit and Scrum Fit One Lifecycle	Where 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
7	How Much Process Does a Change Need? Sizing Agentic Work	Size 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

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