People, Practices & CareerConference50min
AI Made Building Cheap. Now Decisions Are the Bottleneck.
AI is making software delivery faster, shifting the main bottleneck from execution to decision-making. This talk shows how AI can improve discovery, architecture, and delivery conversations, turning discussions into maps, diagrams, risks, and options to expose complexity, align stakeholders, and make better decisions.
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Dave SammutEqual Experts
João RosaJoão Rosa Consulting
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Wednesday, October 7, 16:40-17:30
TBA 4
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AI is transforming software delivery. Code can be generated, tests created, architectures sketched, and implementation options explored in minutes. Building has never been cheaper.
Yet many organisations are discovering an unexpected consequence: as execution accelerates, decision-making becomes the real bottleneck.
Drawing on consulting engagements across banking, insurance, retail, and telecommunications, this talk explores how AI is changing the economics of software delivery and why decision quality is emerging as a competitive advantage. Rather than focusing on generating code faster, I demonstrate how AI can improve discovery, architecture, and delivery conversations before implementation begins.
Through practical examples and live demonstrations, attendees will see how conversations can be transformed into Event Storming maps, Team Topologies views, C4 architecture diagrams, assumptions, risks, and architectural options. These techniques help teams expose hidden complexity, align stakeholders faster, and make better-informed decisions.
Key takeaways: Understand why AI shifts the constraint from execution to judgement, learn practical techniques for AI-assisted discovery and architecture, expose risks and assumptions earlier, and balance delivery speed with architectural integrity.
Target audience: Software architects, technical leads, senior engineers, engineering managers, enterprise architects, and technology leaders.
Yet many organisations are discovering an unexpected consequence: as execution accelerates, decision-making becomes the real bottleneck.
Drawing on consulting engagements across banking, insurance, retail, and telecommunications, this talk explores how AI is changing the economics of software delivery and why decision quality is emerging as a competitive advantage. Rather than focusing on generating code faster, I demonstrate how AI can improve discovery, architecture, and delivery conversations before implementation begins.
Through practical examples and live demonstrations, attendees will see how conversations can be transformed into Event Storming maps, Team Topologies views, C4 architecture diagrams, assumptions, risks, and architectural options. These techniques help teams expose hidden complexity, align stakeholders faster, and make better-informed decisions.
Key takeaways: Understand why AI shifts the constraint from execution to judgement, learn practical techniques for AI-assisted discovery and architecture, expose risks and assumptions earlier, and balance delivery speed with architectural integrity.
Target audience: Software architects, technical leads, senior engineers, engineering managers, enterprise architects, and technology leaders.
Dave Sammut
Dave Sammut is a Principal Consultant and Head of Architecture (EMEA) at Equal Experts, where he helps organisations tackle complex technology, architecture, and transformation challenges. With more than 20 years of experience in software delivery, he has worked across banking, insurance, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, and public sector organisations, helping teams modernise systems, improve delivery effectiveness, and navigate large-scale change.
Dave specialises in bridging the gap between business strategy and technical execution through Domain-Driven Design, software architecture, Team Topologies, collaborative discovery, and modern engineering practices. His work focuses on helping organisations uncover hidden assumptions, reduce risk, and make better decisions before investing in implementation.
In recent years, Dave has been exploring how AI is reshaping software delivery. His work examines the growing shift from execution as the primary constraint to decision quality, judgement, and governance becoming the critical differentiators for successful teams. He regularly advises organisations on the practical application of AI across architecture, software delivery, and organisational design.
Alongside his consulting work, Dave is an experienced conference speaker, workshop facilitator, and former part-time radio presenter. He is known for combining real-world consulting experiences with engaging storytelling, practical examples, and interactive demonstrations that challenge conventional thinking about technology and software delivery.
Whether working with engineering teams, architects, or senior leaders, Dave's passion lies in helping people navigate complexity, align around shared understanding, and deliver meaningful outcomes with confidence.
Dave specialises in bridging the gap between business strategy and technical execution through Domain-Driven Design, software architecture, Team Topologies, collaborative discovery, and modern engineering practices. His work focuses on helping organisations uncover hidden assumptions, reduce risk, and make better decisions before investing in implementation.
In recent years, Dave has been exploring how AI is reshaping software delivery. His work examines the growing shift from execution as the primary constraint to decision quality, judgement, and governance becoming the critical differentiators for successful teams. He regularly advises organisations on the practical application of AI across architecture, software delivery, and organisational design.
Alongside his consulting work, Dave is an experienced conference speaker, workshop facilitator, and former part-time radio presenter. He is known for combining real-world consulting experiences with engaging storytelling, practical examples, and interactive demonstrations that challenge conventional thinking about technology and software delivery.
Whether working with engineering teams, architects, or senior leaders, Dave's passion lies in helping people navigate complexity, align around shared understanding, and deliver meaningful outcomes with confidence.
João Rosa
João Rosa helps organizations unlock more value with their teams and technology. He works with executives and senior leaders to transform and evolve the operating model so that teams are prepared to thrive in a turbulent environment. He has led transformations across financial services, telco, and retail.
He is a software engineer at heart, crossing technology problems with social enterprise challenges.
He is a software engineer at heart, crossing technology problems with social enterprise challenges.