Agentic AI is rewiring the SDLC

The next wave of AI in software development goes beyond better code generation: agents are starting to take accountability throughout planning, design, build, test, release and operations. In the teams I work with, this is already changing team dynamics, leadership priorities and what CIOs must do to maintain quality, security and control. The biggest shift I see is genuine delegation: AI can now draft backlog items, inspect codebases, propose implementation paths, create tests, summarize review