We Don't Just Use AI. We Built a System Around It.
ADLC is our spec-driven orchestration framework — 6 specialised agents, one per SDLC stage, coordinated by a central Orchestrator. Consistent code, enforced patterns, and AI speed without the chaos.
37%
Faster delivery
3×
Fewer reviews
<5%
Pattern drift
65%
Less token spend
AI Without a System Creates Faster Technical Debt
Most teams using AI are trading one kind of debt for another.
Code Inconsistency
Every LLM call is stateless. Same question, different naming conventions, different patterns — all in one codebase.
40%
of AI teams see consistency degrade within 3 months
Pattern Drift
Without explicit constraints, agents invent their own file structures and API conventions per feature.
30%
more review time fixing AI-generated pattern violations
Token Waste
Stuffing entire codebases into context windows. Expensive, slow, and no proportionally better output.
2–3×
token overhead vs structured spec-driven prompting
Traditional Dev vs ADLC-Driven Development
Side-by-side: where engineering time goes, and what changes with a system behind the AI.
Without ADLC
With ADLC
6 Agents. 1 Orchestrator. Zero Chaos.
Every agent receives a structured spec — not a raw prompt. Every output is verified before passing to the next stage.
SpecAgent
Requirements → Spec
ArchAgent
Spec → Architecture
CodeAgent
Spec → Code
ReviewAgent
Output → Quality Gate
TestAgent
Spec → Test Suite
DocAgent
Spec → Living Docs
Spec-Driven
Agents work from structured specs — not raw prompts. No hallucinated APIs.
Fully Orchestrated
Outputs validated before passing forward. Engineers review decisions, not execution.
Pattern-Enforced
Architecture encoded before code is generated. Consistency is structural.
What ADLC Delivers
Measured across real client projects. Not promises — outcomes.
Faster Sprint Velocity
37% more features shipped per sprint. Engineers solve real problems, not plumbing.
Built-In Quality Gates
ReviewAgent checks every output against spec and OWASP rules before a PR opens.
Zero Pattern Drift
Every file looks like the same senior engineer wrote it. Every sprint.
Single Source of Truth
Spec → Code → Tests → Docs. When requirements change, the cascade is automatic.
Lean Token Usage
65% fewer tokens. Lower cost, faster inference, better output quality.
Living Documentation
Docs generated from spec. No tribal knowledge that walks out the door.
Shipping AI-generated code
without a system behind it.
Raw prompts. No architecture constraints. No spec. Fast to ship the first sprint, impossible to maintain by the third.
Pattern violations per sprint
Review cycles per feature
Token cost vs structured prompts
A codebase that gets
better with every sprint.
Every engineer on our team works within the ADLC system from day one. No other outsourced engineering partner is doing this at scale.
How We Build — FAQ
Common questions about our ADLC framework, tech stack, and engineering practices.
ADLC (AI-Driven Development Lifecycle) is Kwiqwork's proprietary framework that structures 6 specialized AI agents across every stage of the software development lifecycle — from spec and architecture to code generation, review, testing, and documentation. It delivers 37% faster velocity with zero pattern drift across the codebase.
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