Architecture & Responsible Technology • Rebecca Parsons • GOTO 2024

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2024. #GOTOcon #GOTOcph https://gotocph.com Rebecca Parsons - CTO Emerita at Thoughtworks RESOURCES https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-parsons-871491 https://twitter.com/rebeccaparsons ABSTRACT Responsible technology is having its time in the sun currently. Concerns about misinformation, bias, data privacy, cybersecurity risks, and accessibility issues, to name just a few of the concerns, seem to appear everywhere in the media. Who is the latest organization to be breached? Which airport is recovering from an "incident" - that wonderfully vague word? Delivering technology in a responsible manner includes considering all the stakeholders to the solution, not just the obvious ones. The various flavors of architects operating across a solution (perhaps just a small number of people wearing different hats) must attempt to bring the perspectives of other stakeholders into the discussion surrounding features, targets, security requirements, and more. Making this work can be a challenge for teams. In this talk, I will first discuss some principles of responsible technology and describe the various ways that making tech responsible generates value for organizations. I will then discuss how various aspects of responsible tech intersect with our good friends the -ilities. Finally, I will describe some techniques that can be used to support teams on their way to building responsible technology. [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:38 A story of responsibilities for -ilities 05:39 A story of inadvertent irresponsible tech 07:44 Is technology good, bad or neutral? 13:44 What is responsible tech? 17:12 Principles of responsible tech 26:46 What can a tech pragmatist architect do? 36:13 The responsible tech playbook 37:33 -ilities & responsible tech 48:43 Testing & CD 50:00 Diversity helps 53:24 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotocph.com/2024/sessions/3336 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Ford, Parsons, Kua & Sadalage • Building Evolutionary Architectures 2nd Edition • https://amzn.to/3lqr5Q8 Ford, Richards, Sadalage & Dehghani • Software Architecture: The Hard Parts • https://amzn.to/3QeMgjR Mark Richards & Neal Ford • Fundamentals of Software Architecture • https://amzn.to/3wMBhoI Ford, Parsons & Kua • Building Evolutionary Architectures • https://amzn.to/3l0IOh2 Neal Ford • Functional Thinking • https://amzn.to/3l6ND8M Michael Feathers • Working Effectively with Legacy Code • https://amzn.to/3ZFQoMU Christian Clausen • Five Lines of Code • https://amzn.to/3s2zjyg https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #ResponsibleTechnology #ResponsibleTech #SoftwareArchitecture #Misinformation #Observability #DataPrivacy #Privacy #Cybersecurity #GenAI #PositiveTech #RebeccaParsons #Thoughtworks CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1