EdTech company, engineering organization
Agentic Engineering Introduced Into an Existing Team
A development team used AI tools individually and inconsistently. We turned that into a shared way of working.
| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Services | Agentic Engineering |
AI coding tools used individually, no shared workflow
Individual developers were already using AI coding assistants, each on their own, without a shared workflow or coordinated quality control. The potential was visible but not anchored in the team, and it was unclear what an introduction should look like without breaking the existing way of working.
Toolchain, workflow, and quality gates for the existing team
Agentic Engineering was to be introduced into the existing team: a shared toolchain, an adapted development workflow, and quality gates that fit the new way of working instead of just slowing it down.
From toolchain to team onboarding
Shared toolchain
A coordinated set of AI coding tools instead of individual, isolated solutions.
Adapted workflow
Tickets and specifications written so agents can work with them.
Quality gates
Review process for AI-generated code, held to the same standard as before.
Role clarity
What developers decide themselves and what the agent takes on.
Team onboarding
Training along real tasks, not just a tool introduction.
From pilot team and tool choice to rollout
We first looked at the existing development workflow and defined where AI support is safe and valuable. The rollout started with part of the team, not everyone at once, so friction points could surface before they became the standard.
The choice of tools was deliberate, not the latest trend. The review process was adapted, not loosened: AI-generated code goes through the same control as any other code, just with different checkpoints. Only then did the new way of working go to the whole team.
Agentic work is the standard, quality control adapted
The team now works with agentic tools as the default, not as an experiment run by individuals. Quality control was adapted to the new way of working without being lowered.
Process first, then tooling, pilot before rollout
Process before tooling
Agentic Engineering is first a change in the way of working; the choice of tools comes after.
Don't roll out top-down
Without training and a pilot with part of the team, the introduction fails in practice.
Change quality assurance too
The review process has to change with the workflow, not stay the same.
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