AI Adoption readiness framework for development teams
15 Jun 2026
AI isn't going to save your dysfunctional engineering team... it's going to expose its problems.
With everyone rushing to hand their engineers AI agents almost no one is stopping to ask whether their engineering foundations can take the strain of faster delivery. Good foundations lets you ship features safely at pace, but weak ones just mean you ship the wrong thing faster (AI slop at scale).
The team in the image might look productive, with strong process and decent reviews, but underneath it's still not ready for an AI development lifecycle.Â
Without a way to visualise their gaps, teams are confident that they're ready... right up until you ask them what "good enough" actually looks like. That's why I built the AI Readiness Radar. It helps teams to give an honest self assessment across five signals, giving a clear view of what to fix before you spend a penny on tooling.
Are you really ready for AI? Take a look and find out: https://cakehurstryan.com/2026/06/12/ai-readiness-radar/
With everyone rushing to hand their engineers AI agents almost no one is stopping to ask whether their engineering foundations can take the strain of faster delivery. Good foundations lets you ship features safely at pace, but weak ones just mean you ship the wrong thing faster (AI slop at scale).
The team in the image might look productive, with strong process and decent reviews, but underneath it's still not ready for an AI development lifecycle.Â
Without a way to visualise their gaps, teams are confident that they're ready... right up until you ask them what "good enough" actually looks like. That's why I built the AI Readiness Radar. It helps teams to give an honest self assessment across five signals, giving a clear view of what to fix before you spend a penny on tooling.
Are you really ready for AI? Take a look and find out: https://cakehurstryan.com/2026/06/12/ai-readiness-radar/
Callum Akehurst-Ryan
Staff Quality Engineer
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Hi I'm Callum, a software tester and quality coach in London. I talk about exploratory testing, test strategy, diversity & inclusion and building testing in agile teams / startups.
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