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Values-first software engineering: research principles in practice

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Publication date14/05/2016
Host publicationICSE '16 Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherACM
Pages553-562
Number of pages10
ISBN (print)9781450342056
<mark>Original language</mark>English
Event38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion - Renaissance Austin Hotel , Austin, Texas, United States
Duration: 14/05/201622/05/2016
http://2016.icse.cs.txstate.edu/

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Conference38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin, Texas
Period14/05/1622/05/16
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Conference

Conference38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin, Texas
Period14/05/1622/05/16
Internet address

Abstract

The realization that software has a far reaching impact on politics, society and the environment is not new. However, only recently software impact has been explicitly described as `systemic' and framed around complex social problems such as sustainability. We argue that `wicked' social problems are consequences of the interplay between complex economical, technical and political interactions and their underlying value choices. Such choices are guided by specific sets of human values that have been found in all cultures by extensive evidence-based research. The aim of this paper is to give more visibility to the interrelationship between values and SE choices. To this end, we first introduce the concept of Values-First SE and reflect on its implications for software development. Our contribution to SE is embedding the principles of values research in the SE decision making process and extracting lessons learned from practice.

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© ACM, 2016. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in ICSE '16 Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3889160.2889219