What the Dev? · 2026-07-21 · 19 min
Dave and Ipek Ozkaya discuss the AI adoption maturity model created by Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute and Accenture. The model addresses issues like mismatched expectations, untested implementations, and misaligned applications that hinder AI investment returns. It includes eight core dimensions: organizational change, workforce and culture, workflow reengineering, risk and governance, data engineering, operations, technology ecosystem, and AI lifecycle engineering. The model progresses from exploratory AI to scaled AI, emphasizing the importance of strategic alignment, workflow reengineering, and ecosystem partnerships.
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