SDLC Stage | Tool | Description | Use Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Onboarding/Upskilling | Perplexity | A conversational search engine that uses large language models to answer queries using web sources and cites links within text responses. Known for research-heavy tasks requiring citations. | Learning about the team, project and customer
Learning about industry and domain terminology and business models | |
GitHub Copilot | A code completion and automatic programming tool developed by GitHub and OpenAI. Designed for increased speed and accuracy when writing code. | Generating overall system documentation
Creating documentation of use cases and business functions for new joiners to read (Note: documentation requires vetting but remains time-saving) | ||
Cursor | An AI-powered integrated development environment for Windows, macOS and Linux designed to enhance developer productivity through integrated artificial intelligence features | Generating overall system documentation
Creating documentation of use cases and business functions for new joiners to read (Note: documentation requires vetting but remains time-saving) | ||
Requirement Gathering | Microsoft Copilot | An AI-powered chatbot that helps users with work tasks. Designed to increase productivity and efficiency by generating content, making suggestions, and automating tasks. | Recording and summarising meetings with stakeholders
Creating documents in Microsoft Word Writing reports on survey results using Microsoft Excel data | |
Fireflies.ai | A paid cloud-based meeting transcription tool that transcribes and summarises meetings. | Recording and summarising meetings with stakeholders | ||
ChatGPT | A chatbot developed by OpenAI that processes text, image, and audio inputs (depending on the AI model used). | Creating document structure and content
Creating user stories Stakeholder interview preparation and question generation Conducting interviews with AI-generated personas Desk research for client engagements like workshops and user interviews | ||
Perplexity AI | Perplexity AI A conversational search engine that uses large language models to answer queries using web sources and cites links within responses. | Fact-checking and verifying accuracy of user stories | ||
Board Of Innovation AI | A consulting firm specialising in helping businesses leverage artificial intelligence to drive innovation and develop new products, services, and strategies. | Generating example problem statements for workshops
Decoding transcripts and generating key themes from interviews, user tests and contextual enquiries | ||
Dovetail | Uses AI to automatically transcribe interviews, highlight key moments, and cluster themes, significantly reducing manual analysis time. | Decoding transcripts and generating key themes from interviews, user tests and contextual enquiries | ||
Fillout | A form-building tool that leverages AI to automatically generate form elements and structure based on user input. | Auto-generating surveys | ||
Grooming, Estimates & Design | Visily AI | An AI-powered design tool that helps users create wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes. Can convert text, screenshots, or templates into editable designs. | Converting sketches into designs
Easily updating designs and content Using text to create diagrams Converting existing high-fidelity designs to medium fidelity wireframes | |
ChatGPT | Refining copywriting for presentations or proposals | |||
Fortitude | Crafting copywriting options as part of mock-ups. | |||
DALL-E | A text-to-image model developed by OpenAI. Text prompts can generate any image—realistic or fantastical. | – Generating artwork for internal software projects | ||
Figma AI | A collection of AI tools integrated into Figma and FigJam that help designers work more efficiently and creatively. | Renaming layers and cleaning up design files | ||
Development | Claude | A chatbot and family of large language models developed by Anthropic that processes text, audio, and images, focusing on safety and ethics. | Converting thoughts into code, with results visible in the artifact feature | |
PowerBI | A Microsoft business intelligence tool that connects to various data sources, transforms and analyses data, and presents insights through interactive visualisations. | Generating dashboards | ||
GitHub Copilot | Boiler plate code generation | |||
Testing | ChatGPT | Creating test data and personas with background stories | ||
Perplexity AI | Gathering metrics for target areas (Internet) | |||
Microsoft Copilot in Excel | Summarising testing outcomes in Excel reports | |||
Attention Insight | Validates design concepts for performance using AI-generated attention analytics. | Creating AI-generated heat maps for likely user interaction with mock-ups | ||
Support & Handover | ChatGPT/Perplexity/Copilot | Creating training manuals from documentation
Creating how-to guides regarding best practices with project-specific context | ||
Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint | Creating project presentations |
