Stop Selling Code – Start Sending Assurance As A Service
Software dev shops are facing an identity crisis: if agents write the code, who's liable when it breaks in production?
Why it matters
As agentic AI commoditizes code production, the business model for software development services is shifting from delivery to accountability—a structural change in how tech leaders buy and manage AI-assisted development.
The key facts
9 to knowAgentic software development lowering barriers to application building
Accountability gap emerging when AI-generated code becomes business-critical
Software development service providers facing commoditization of code production
Market shift from code delivery to assurance/accountability models
Forrester report: 'Reinventing Software Development Services For The Age Of AI Coding'
Agentic software development lowering barriers to building applications
Accountability gap emerging: who is liable when AI-generated software becomes business-critical
Software development services commoditization thesis
New business model: assurance-as-a-service replacing code-as-a-service
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Publisher excerpt: Agentic software development is lowering the barrier to building applications, but it is also exposing a harder question for technology leaders: Who is accountable when AI-generated software becomes business-critical? My new report Reinventing Software Development Services For The Age Of AI Coding…