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In the previous article, we organized the development process for the AI era by positioning the Unified Process as the structural backbone of the process and Component-Based Development as the central structure of development. The Unified Process defines the software development process through three core principles: Iterative & Incremental development, Architecture-Centric design, and Use-Case Driven development. These principles remain valid even in the age of AI. However, in an environment where AI-based code generation has become commonplace, the meaning and role of each principle need to be understood somewhat differently from how they were interpreted in the past. In this article, we revisit the three fundamental principles of the Unified Process as a guide and re-examine the nature of the development process in the AI era.

2026-03-16

In the AI era of software development, the design of system structure becomes more important than the capability of code generation. This article organizes a basic framework for AI-assisted development, using the Unified Process (UP) as the backbone of the process and Component-Based Development (CBD) as the central architectural structure.

2026-03-09

While AI accelerates software development, it has also introduced a new challenge: structural instability. This article revisits the contemporary value of CBD by examining not only its original structural strengths, but also its role in the AI era—through structural constraints that improve generation accuracy, boundaries and specifications that suppress instability, and reusability enhanced by AI. CBD should not be regarded merely as a reuse technique, but rather be re-evaluated as a foundational technology that stabilizes development in an AI-first era.

2026-03-02