World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

New AI-Centric SDLC: Rethinking Software Development with Knowledge Graphs

Gregor Schumacher , Marcel Gocke , Sujay Joshy

After massive context windows failed to refactor legacy code, one engineering team pivoted to GraphRAG. See how knowledge graphs cut through architectural complexity to build an AI-centric SDLC.

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