Advancing the Study of Human Values in Software Engineering

Winter, Emily; Forshaw, Stephen; Hunt, Lucy; Ferrario, Maria Angela

doi:10.1109/chase.2019.00012

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“…Most studies on human values are based on the theories developed in the social sciences [12]; specifically, the discipline of social psychology has provided rich insight into how values are developed and propagated within social groups [9].…”

Section: A Theoretical Framework For Human Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the probability of a person's hierarchy of values varying depending on the contextual domain they are in it also raises the question of whether the human values measured using generic instruments in a specific domain are comparable to those measured using a domain-specific instrument customised for the domain. For example, Winter et al [9] notes, "applying Schwartz's values to a specific sector of life may put to test a relational values model designed to apply to life generally". Hence it is important to explore the degree to which generic instruments are effective in specific domains and whether customised instruments are better suited to those domains.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We considered the Q-methodology particularly appropriate for our preliminary investigation because it is well suited to show the "inter-subjective orderings of beliefs that are shared among people" [11]. Also, in the study of human values, the Q-methodology has been shown to reflect the "relational nature of values by asking participants to consider statements together and make trade-offs" [9]. Our preliminary investigation seeks to answer the following research questions:…”

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Does Domain Change the Opinion of Individuals on Human Values? A Preliminary Investigation on eHealth Apps End-users

Obie¹,

Shahin²,

Grundy³

et al. 2021

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The elicitation of end-users' human values -such as freedom, honesty, transparency, etc -is important in the development of software systems. We carried out two preliminary Q-studies to understand (a) the general human value opinion types of eHealth applications (apps) end-users (b) the eHealth domain human value opinion types of eHealth apps end-users (c) whether there are differences between the general and eHealth domain opinion types. Our early results show three value opinion types using generic value instruments: (1) fun-loving, successdriven and independent end-user, (2) security-conscious, sociallyconcerned, and success-driven end-user, and (3) benevolent, success-driven, and conformist end-user Our results also show two value opinion types using domain-specific value instruments:(1) security-conscious, reputable, and honest end-user, and (2) success-driven, reputable and pain-avoiding end-user. Given these results, consideration should be given to domain context in the design and application of values elicitation instruments.

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Section: A Theoretical Framework For Human Valuesmentioning

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Does Domain Change the Opinion of Individuals on Human Values? A Preliminary Investigation on eHealth Apps End-users

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Shahin²,

Grundy³

et al. 2021

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“…d) Software Engineering Keeping in view the importance of human values in every domain. Winter carried out a study to highlight the impact of human values in SE [30]. Their study findings focused two principles: values are distinguishing from ethics and there should be a robust theoretical framework to understand human values.…”

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Respect Human Value to Control Software Development Failure

Gilal,

Ali,

Shaikh

et al. 2019

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People learn and define their own values to interact in different situations. It is important to know the human values (HV) for dealing humans in better ways. HV can also be helpful for software development managers to make right decisions for managing their teams well. Unfortunately, to a great extent, the very factor is ignored in software engineering (SE). This study aims to provide a basic motivation of the topic to SE researchers to carry out some empirical evidences to control software development failures through respecting software developers’ HV. In order to operationalize the study, few disciplines, in which the HV are empirically discussed, are considered to replicate the impacts on software development. The factor HVs is well connected with satisfaction and improvement outcomes in sociology, education and management studies. Likewise, this study also literates the importance of HVs for successful software project development. This study concludes that HV can form strong correlations with software development roles and can be used to minimize the software failure

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“…The very birth of the Agile Manifesto happened in a US ski resort, where a fairly culturally homogenous group of software practitioners met and introduced the Agile to the world [3]. With this observation, we mean not to detract the importance of Agile, instead we wish to draw the attention to possible values' differences that may affect and shape Agile adoption in countries with different values orientations [4], [5]. Thus, organisations need to develop culturally aware approaches to support their teams to use Agile.…”

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Awareness and Perception of Agile in Saudi Software Industry

Altuwaijri

Ferrario

2021

2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society (ICSE-SEIS)

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Over the last two decades, Agile software development methodology has garnered significant interest in both software industry and research with several studies investigating the level of awareness, perception and use of Agile in software engineering practice. However, most of these studies have focused on Agile practice in developed countries, with only a handful having been conducted in developing countries, especially in the Middle East. This is problematic given the strategic and economic importance of software industry in countries such as Saudi Arabia. This paper aims to start addressing this research gap with an empirical investigation of the awareness and perceptions of Agile among software practitioners in Saudi Arabia and the extent to which they are adopting Agile methods. To this end, we conduct four semi-structured interviews with expert software practitioners and a survey with 31 respondents, all from the mobile development software industry. Our findings indicate that there it seems to be a low level of awareness and usage of Agile in the country. However, we also find that those who use Agile, are appreciative of its benefits which include project management flexibility, rapid response to change, and a positive effect on team morale and communication.

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Advancing the Study of Human Values in Software Engineering

Cited by 25 publications

References 34 publications

Does Domain Change the Opinion of Individuals on Human Values? A Preliminary Investigation on eHealth Apps End-users

Does Domain Change the Opinion of Individuals on Human Values? A Preliminary Investigation on eHealth Apps End-users

Respect Human Value to Control Software Development Failure

Awareness and Perception of Agile in Saudi Software Industry

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