Practice IV — Executive Education
AI-Assisted Engineering for Executives
A two-day intensive on the operating model behind LLM-assisted engineering, for executives who buy, govern, or commission it.
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Overview
Most executives encounter LLM-assisted engineering through vendor demos and pilot projects whose success criteria are defined by the vendor. The programme begins from the opposite premise: the executive will be commissioning, governing, or replacing such engagements over the next decade, and needs to operate the lever — not just understand the marketing.
The two days are spent on the contract-first method: specifications written before code, edge cases enumerated, defensive iteration with rollback discipline, and the cross-stack fluency required to evaluate AI-assisted delivery proposals from vendors. The cohort builds a working module under instruction by the end of day two.
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Specifications
- Format: 2 days · in-person · cohort of six maximum
- Day 1: Specification-driven prompting, contract-first method
- Day 1: Defensive iteration and rollback discipline
- Day 2: Architecture before code, cross-stack fluency
- Day 2: Live build of a working module under instruction
- Vendor proposal evaluation toolkit
- Take-home: documented method playbook
- Pre-work: 2 hours, brief reading on contemporary engineering practice
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Engagement
Engagements within this programme proceed by written brief. Submissions are evaluated within five business days. Acceptance opens a scoping conversation; mandate is governed by bilateral contract.