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Track Talk W2

Developing on Mount Stupid

Dermot Canniffe

11:00-11:45 CEST Wednesday 14th June

When we learn new stuff we develop mental heuristics to streamline the process in future. Some of these are beneficial, and some of them result in cognitive bias. Cognitive biases can affect the process of developing software negatively. One in particular – the Dunning-Kruger Effect – describes that illusory feeling of confidence we get when we actually know very little about our chosen domain. Obviously, unmanaged, this can have a negative impact on your delivery, code quality and especially team morale. I will discuss this cognitive bias and its impact, and also some strategies that may be employed to lessen the risk of falling foul of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

What you will learn

  1. There is a growing understanding of the harm that traditional concepts of "failure" can bring to individuals and organisations
  2. That if we confront the inevitability of failure rather than trying to eliminate it, we can develop more robust processes around software quality, management and deploymen
  3. How adopting a new attitude to "failure" may nurture creativity and spur innovation

Session Details

  • Introductory
  • 45 Minutes
  • Includes 15mins Q&A
  • Communication
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Session Speaker

Dermot Canniffe

SmartBear, Ireland

Dermot has been working in various roles in software development since 2001, and will presumably continue until someone stops him. He can often be found expounding the virtues of collaboration and automation to anyone who stands still long enough. He currently works for SmartBear who decided to pay him to do this, as well as being a Solutions Engineer supporting customers during their pre-sales process.

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