Agile Development for Digital Sustainability

"According to the World Economic Forum, digital technologies can help reduce global carbon emissions by up to 15%. However, digitalization also comes with some challenges. Thus, if we want to make a positive impact by increasing sustainability, we need to address challenges like the digital divide, energy consumption of IT, or the rise of electronic waste. In this talk, I want to explore how Agile can help to leverage Digital Sustainability. Speaker: Jutta Eckstein works as an independent coach, consultant, and trainer. She has recently co-created an assessment for (agile) teams to gauge the environmental, social, and economic impact of their products and services. Besides that, she has published her experience in various books, having pair-written the most recent one with John Buck on Company-wide Agility with Beyond Budgeting, Open Space & Sociocracy (dubbed BOSSA nova)."

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AI 4 Sustainability Needs to be Less Artificial and More Intelligent

"AI-based recruiting tools don’t like women. An average ChatGPT conversation consumes 500ml/ 16,91oz of water. Data annotators are not only challenged by low wages but also by mental health issues. These examples show that AI has issues addressing social, environmental, and economic sustainability. All too often we are looking at the bright side only: the opportunities, innovations, conveniences (e.g., write that article for me), and fun (e.g., create that fun image). And certainly, AI does or can enhance both our private and professional lives. However, these enhancements come at a price. This has been observed by the UN, with the consequence that a resolution has been adopted to promote “safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems that also benefit sustainable development.” In this session, I want to explore practices that can help us all to become aware of our blind spots and this way be able to create AI 4 Sustainability. So, it seems AI 4 Sustainability requires a lot of work. Let’s get started!"

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Creating Better Products by Focusing on Sustainability.

The software operating body scanners at the airports is based on the male/female gender binary. Some accounts require the last name to be at least three characters long. These examples show that there is quite some software that doesn't support diversity. Too many products have been developed with a narrow focus on the users. One reason is that the composition of the teams leads (subconsciously) to the development of products that serve only people who resemble the people in the team. If teams are really cross-functional and resemble the diversity of the market, the products they’re creating will also be better. Thus, if the whole team has full business expertise, knows the market, and reflects the full diversity of the users, then it can even disrupt the market. With this real cross-functionality, a team combines different perspectives from business, markets, cultures, beliefs, etc. This way cross-functional teams overcome not only the limitations of organizational silos but also of a singular view on the market. In this session, I want to explore practices that can help any team become aware of its blind spots and this way be able to create products that are more inclusive and accessible.

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Digitale Nachhaltigkeit Ermöglichen

"Laut des Weltwirtschaftsforums können die globalen CO2-Emissionen um bis zu 15 % allein durch digitale Technologien reduziert werden. Folglich: Ärmel hochkrempeln und los geht’s! Wobei… leider bringt die Digitalisierung ein auch paar Herausforderungen mit sich, so zum Beispiel die digitale Spaltung (engl. digital divide), den Energieverbrauch der IT oder den kontinuierlichen Zuwachs unseres Elektroschrotts. Wenn wir also durch mehr Nachhaltigkeit eine positive Wirkung erzielen wollen, müssen wir uns diesen Herausforderungen stellen bzw. sie von vornherein mitdenken. In diesem Vortrag möchte ich aufzeigend, wie und was Agilität zur Ermöglichung digitaler Nachhaltigkeit beitragen kann."

Enabling Digital Sustainability

According to the World Economic Forum, digital technologies can help reduce global carbon emissions by up to 15%. However, digitalization also comes with some challenges. Thus, if we want to make a positive impact by increasing sustainability, we need to address challenges like the digital divide, energy consumption of IT, or the rise of electronic waste. In this talk, I want to explore how Agile can help to leverage Digital Sustainability.

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Creating Better Systems by Focusing on Sustainability

The planetary challenges like the climate crisis are asking for our attention. Yet, our work keeps us busy. So, what if we could for example reduce the carbon footprint of the system we are creating while improving it? Luckily, more and more support for increasing environmental, social, and economic sustainability is available. For example, we can now pick the region for our cloud by e.g., specifying that carbon reduction is an important criterion for us. We can also find out what kind of energy is available when and where. The questions are: Are we aware of the available support? How can we make use of it while developing a system? And what can we actually easily do? In this session, I want to explore various practices that can help us increase sustainability in software development. The focus is on simple changes to create better and more sustainable products.

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Sustainable software development: More usable, valuable, and feasible!

"The world is on fire! None of our software development efforts will matter at all if we do not change the course of the climate crisis. The software lifecycle also causes direct and indirect CO2 emissions: it leaves a footprint and exacerbates environmental problems. However, the environmental aspect is not the only one we need to focus on. If we take our responsibility seriously, we have to look at software development holistically in the sense of the so-called triple bottom line from all three sustainability perspectives: social, economic, and ecological. On the one hand, sustainability is a necessity in the current crisis, and, on the other hand, it is increasingly a key factor that determines the success of companies, both in the search for talent and for customers and markets. So, it’s time to understand to what extent software development can help take this holistic perspective and at the same time achieve higher software productivity through more sustainability."

Enabling Digital Sustainability

According to the World Economic Forum, digital technologies can help reduce global carbon emissions by up to 15%. However, digitalization also comes with some challenges. Thus, if we want to make a positive impact by increasing sustainability, we need to address challenges like the digital divide, energy consumption of IT, or the rise of electronic waste. In this talk, I want to explore how Agile can help to leverage Digital Sustainability.

Die Welt sendet S.O.S.! Nachhaltigkeit beginnt in der Produktentwicklung

Alle Innovationen in der Software-Entwicklung werden nur eine Rolle spielen, wenn wir den Verlauf der Klimakrise verändern. Auch der Software-Lifecycle verursacht direkte und indirekte CO2-Emissionen. D.h. es gilt auch als PO oder BA von Beginn an Nachhaltigkeit bei der Produktentwicklung mit zu denken. In dieser Session stelle ich unterschiedliche Techniken vor, die uns dabei unterstützen, für mehr Nachhaltigkeit in der Nutzung & Entwicklung von Produkten zu sorgen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Integration der Techniken in den Alltag.

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SoSA 2023

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Agile Sustainability: You can be more – socially, environmentally, and economically – sustainable based on data!

According to one forecast, IT will account for 21% of global energy consumption by 2030. If we don't change the way we implement software, we will contribute to increasing the carbon footprint. So, it's time to examine how agility can help to reduce energy consumption and ensure greater - environmental, social & economic - sustainability. The point is not to pursue sustainability for altruistic reasons, but to understand that over time, sustainability is also becoming a key factor that determines the success of companies, both in the search for talent and for customers and markets. Description: In this session, inspect real data and gain a holistic perspective of your team’s or company’s current situation regarding agile sustainability. Comparative Agile Sustainability is an approach that we created in a small team with the support of data analysts that serves to anchor and promote the awareness of sustainability in an (agile) team and/or company. The evaluation was published under creative commons and is therefore freely available to all interested parties. By using the results of this validated assessment, agile teams and organizations can better understand how they can increase their own effectiveness and contribute to increasing sustainability across the industry.

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Schneller, sicherer, nachhaltiger – Die grüne Revolution im Softwaretesting

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The world is on fire! Keine unserer Bemühungen in der Softwareentwicklung wird überhaupt eine Rolle spielen, wenn wir den Verlauf der Klimakrise nicht verändern. Auch der Software-Lifecycle verursacht direkte und indirekte CO2-Emissionen: Er hinterlässt einen Fußabdruck und verschärft die Umweltprobleme. Der Umweltaspekt ist jedoch nicht der einzige, auf den wir uns konzentrieren müssen. Wenn wir unsere Verantwortung ernst nehmen, müssen wir die Softwareentwicklung ganzheitlich im Sinne der sogenannten Triple Bottom Line aus allen drei Nachhaltigkeitsperspektiven betrachten: sozial, ökonomisch und ökologisch. Denn Nachhaltigkeit ist einerseits eine Notwendigkeit in der aktuellen Krise und andererseits auch zunehmend ein Schlüsselfaktor, der über den Erfolg von Unternehmen sowohl bei der Suche nach Talenten als auch nach Kunden und Märkten entscheidet. Es ist also an der Zeit zu verstehen, inwiefern Softwaretesting dabei unterstützen kann, diese ganzheitliche Perspektive einzunehmen und gleichzeitig durch mehr Nachhaltigkeit eine höhere Software-Qualität erzielen kann.

Sustainability – A Holistic Responsibility

Some companies have made sustainability part of their strategy. This is often emphasized by installing a CSO – a Chief Sustainability Office. It is not only important to embed sustainability in the strategy, but in the European Union, it is even mandatory for companies with more than 250 employees to provide a yearly report on their sustainability efforts and progress. Although things are changing for the better, this effort is rarely known and/or visible to the employees. Moreover, the planetary challenges are too big to address them at the top only. Thus, sustainability has to be taken care of by everyone in the company. In this keynote, we will explore the responsibility for sustainability by each and every team. We will examine how social, environmental, and economic sustainability impacts both team collaboration and product creation. The goal for the session is to be less overwhelmed by the topic and to know how you and your whole team can take one step at a time to increase sustainability holistically.

Agile Sustainability

In this episode, Simon Hilton speaks with Claudia Melo, Jutta Eckstein, and Steve Holyer about the Agile Sustainability assessment and how it can help your teams create a better world.

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Sustainability as a Guide for Actions & Outcomes in Agile Development

The planet is on fire. Therefore, we all have to take responsibility and contribute to greater social, environmental, and economic sustainability. However, because this challenge is so huge and wicked, we often feel helpless and overwhelmed. In this session, I want to focus on what you can do in your daily agile life to make one step after the other.

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Sustainable Programming for Our Planet That’s on Fire

Creating awareness of sustainability for C and C++ programmers

Let’s get more – social, environmental, and economic – sustainability based on data!

The world is on fire! None of our improvements in software development will matter at all if we can’t change the course of the climate crisis. The software lifecycle creates direct and indirect carbon emissions: it has a footprint, worsening environmental problems. So, it's time to examine how agility can help to reduce energy consumption and ensure greater - environmental, social & economic - sustainability. The point is not to pursue sustainability for altruistic reasons, but to understand that over time, sustainability is also becoming a key factor that determines the success of companies, both in the search for talent and for customers and markets. In this session, inspect real data to gain a holistic perspective of your team or company’s current situation regarding agile sustainability. Comparative Agile Sustainability is an approach that we created in a small team with the support of data analysts that serves to anchor and promote the awareness of sustainability in an (agile) team and/or company. The evaluation was published under creative commons and is therefore freely available to all interested parties. By using the results of this validated assessment, agile teams and organizations can better understand how they can increase their own effectiveness and contribute to increasing sustainability across the industry.