Audience
Tester, Developer, Product Owner
Key-Learning
- The understanding that ethics shouldn't be neglected just because the software under test isn't related to medicine or autonomous driving
- Starting points and examples for discussions about ethics
- An overview of available codes of ethics
- Practical experience how to discuss ethics
- An approach how ethical considerations can be incorporated into the development process
Many presentations about ethics in software development and testing stay on a theoretical level. If one cares about this topic and wants to become an ethical software tester or developer that’s not enough.
This talk/workshop combination connects real examples of ethically questionable features with existing codes of ethics. It explains why testers are good ethics advocates, offers starting points for discussions about ethics and provides an approach for the testing of ethical implications of features.
The workshop part will bring participants in practical contact with ethical problems. It will contain short theory blocs followed by exercises which allow the participants to apply the theory to real life examples.
During the exercises participants form small groups which must discuss and come to a consensus how to deal with specific situations. Those start with generic ethically questionable scenarios and get specific with software development and testing specific examples.
The workshop will end with practical tips on how to develop ethical software as a team and how to detect and address ethically questionable situations.