Vibes Aren’t a Strategy: Engineering Context in the Age of AI

The Problem: The "Vibe Coding" Wall

We’ve all experienced the magic of "vibe coding"—describing a feature to an AI and watching it come to life. But for greenfield projects, "vibes" quickly lead to architectural drift, context loss, and unmaintainable "spaghetti" code. The missing link isn't a better prompt; it’s a better process.

The Solution: Context Engineering via BMAD

This hands-on session introduces the BMAD Method (Breakthrough Method for Agile AI-Driven Development), a revolutionary framework that transforms AI from a chatty assistant into a structured, production-ready development team.

Participants will learn how to replace fuzzy prompts with Context Engineering. We will use the BMAD multi-agent workflow to greenfield an application from scratch—moving through a disciplined, four-phase lifecycle:

1. Analysis: Using specialized agents to brainstorm and research the project "North Star."
2. Planning: Generating high-fidelity PRDs and specs that provide the "source of truth."
3. Solutioning: Sharding documentation into actionable epics and stories to prevent context bloat.
4. Implementation: Orchestrating Developer and QA agents to execute code with zero "context loss."

Hands-On Experience

Attendees will work through a live greenfield track, choosing between Quick Flow (for rapid prototyping) and the full BMAD Method (for robust platforms). You will see firsthand how to use the BMAD-Core flattener and agent-as-code patterns to maintain a single source of truth within your repository.

Key Takeaways

• Context Engineering Mastery: Learn to design the structural context that AI agents need to build complex systems without hallucinations.
• The Multi-Agent Team: Understand the roles of the Analyst, Architect, and Scrum Master agents in a spec-driven environment.
• Practical Tooling: Get hands-on with the BMAD CLI and learn how to integrate it with IDEs like Cursor, Claude Code, or VS Code.

Improving is providing pizza at 6:00 and the presentation will begin at 6:30.

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Speaker Bio

Tim Rayburn is a Vice President of Consulting with Improving, a full service IT consulting company in headquartered Plano, TX with offices throughout North America. He is a passionate advocate of apprenticeship and mentorship in corporate environments. He has been awarded the Microsoft MVP in recognition of his expertise and community leadership 11 times, with award areas spanning from BizTalk Server to Azure. He is an author, and can be found speaking across the nation on leadership, technology, trust, mentoring, and career management. He lives in the North Dallas area with his amazing wife Kate and their loyal dogs Radagast and Dresden.