AI in enterprise SDLC only works when Context, Constraints, and Collaboration are engineered

Most AI adoption in SDLC improves local productivity. Enterprise delivery fails for a different reason. It violates the 3C model: Context, Constraints, and Collaboration. Consider a modernization example: Context: Eligibility and approval rules existed across legacy code, PDFs, and tribal knowledge. AI-assisted discovery extracted them accurately. Constraints: Architects made a deliberate decision to externalize these rules for regulatory change. That constraint existed only in documents. Collab