Hey there ! Look... if you’re still measuring success by the number of tickets closed or lines of code written, we need to catch up. The software industry is hitting a massive inflection point. Coding has become a commodity, and the real bottleneck is no longer human typing speed — it’s context and verification. This is the core of the o16g Manifesto, a blueprint for the post-Agile world.

Moving Past the "Velocity Trap"

For a long time, we obsessed over DORA metrics like deployment frequency. While great for operational hygiene, they created a "measurement trap" where we optimized for movement instead of progress. o16g argues that it was never about the code. High velocity is useless if you're shipping "waste at speed".

The Rise of Agentic AI

In an o16g world, agentic AI changes the math of software production. Since generating code now costs almost nothing in terms of compute, the traditional backlog — a tool for managing scarce human labor — becomes obsolete. If a task is worth solving, an agent executes it immediately. We are moving from "capacity management" to "outcome management".

The Map and The Graph

To keep these agents on track, o16g introduces rigorous frameworks:

• The Map: This is Context Engineering. You don't let an agent wander; you provide it with Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and clear boundaries.
• The Graph: This is the vectorized knowledge of your organization (Jira, Slack, Notion). It ensures agents understand the "why" behind every system.

Outcome Engineering vs. Vibe Coding

You’ve probably heard of "vibe coding" — prompting an AI and hoping for the best. o16g is basically industrialized vibe coding. It replaces "blind trust" with "The Validation," using automated scanners and regression tests to ensure the AI's probabilistic output meets deterministic standards.

The New Role: Outcome Engineer

The traditional SWE role is evolving into the Outcome Engineer. Your value no longer lies in knowing a specific syntax, but in your ability to define the "Constitution" (policy as code) and audit the results. You are the commander of an agentic fleet, focused on mission success rather than manual labor.

Ready to stop managing queues and start engineering outcomes ?

Sources:

• o16g Manifesto by Cory Ondrejka.
• OutcomeOps implementation guides.
• Modern DevOps & DORA frameworks.