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Ashwini Mutalik Desai

AI-Powered Release Card Review: Automating Quality in the SDLC

Submitted Nov 17, 2025

Indicate the track in which your submission fits: Tack 1 AI in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Type of submission: 30 mins talk

Description

In fast-paced software development environments and specially in regulated environments, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of release candidates is critical for successful deployments. This session explores how generative AI, specifically custom GPT chat, can automate the assessment of Jira release cards—evaluating technical correctness, completeness, and process adherence. Attendees will see how AI can classify good and bad practices, validate release steps, testing plans, rollback strategies, and technical details, all based on learnings from historical data and domain knowledge.

The talk will cover the end-to-end workflow: from training GPT model on annotated release cards, to integrating AI scoring into approval processes, and the impact on release quality and team productivity. Real-world examples from Chase Travel’s release process will illustrate the benefits and challenges of adopting AI in SDLC workflows.

Key Takeaways

  1. How Generative AI Can Automate and Enhance Release Approval:
    Learn how custom GPT chat can assess Jira release cards for technical accuracy, completeness, and process compliance, reducing manual review effort and improving consistency.

  2. Practical Steps to Integrate AI into SDLC Workflows:
    Discover actionable strategies for training, deploying, and scaling AI models to support release management, including best practices for input data, scoring, and feedback loops.

Receommended Audience

  • Release Managers and DevOps Engineers
  • Engineering Leaders and Product Owners
  • QA Professionals

Bio

With a strong background in application development across diverse industries, I am passionate about building teams and empowering individuals. As an engineering manager, I combine technical expertise with a focus on people development and platform building, always considering developers as end-users. I value people-centric cultures and am dedicated to nurturing them within organizations.

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