# Building an agentic SDLC with a QA engineering mindset

DevFeed: [Building an agentic SDLC with a QA engineering mindset](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-an-agentic-sdlc-with-a-qa-engineering-mindset-2207.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/08/18/building-an-agentic-sdlc-with-a-qa-engineering-mindset/>)

Author: Phoebe Sajor

Published: 2026-08-18T07:40:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Stack Overflow Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stack-overflow-blog.md>)

Topics: [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdlc.md>), [ai observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-observability.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [evaluation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evaluation.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdlc.md>), [se-stackoverflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/se-stackoverflow.md>), [se-tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/se-tech.md>)

## AI overview

A discussion of end-to-end agentic SDLC pipelines, QA-led specification enrichment, and evaluation of multiple LLMs-as-judges using Cohen's kappa. It also references cross-layer observability for LLM-assisted test automation.

## Source excerpt

Ryan welcomes Suneet Malhotra, Senior Manager of Test Engineering at Motorola Solutions, to chat about building end-to-end agentic SDLC pipelines using MCPs, using Cohen's kappa to evaluate multiple LLMs-as-judges, and how you can improve requirements by shifting QA left through a specification enrichment stage immediately after the design phase.