Lena Nyström and Mathias Jansson
Test Scouts Stockholm & Swedish government agency (Sweden)
The Jurassic Park Problem 2 — Mea Culpa
Main point: We know how to build almost anything. The question is whether we should — and increasingly, whether we’re even allowed to.
Technology can change everything, and without pushing boundaries, we would not be where we are today. In software development, we often talk about what is possible technically, what a user would want, and what would benefit the business. But possible, ethical, and legal are three different forces, and engineering teams rarely give equal weight to all three. Legal and ethical perspectives are seldom part of our education, and in practice the people who raise them are often seen as blockers rather than collaborators. We learn to ship. We don’t learn to ask whether we should.
The landscape your software operates in is shifting. New regulations, new political realities, and societies wrestling with technology that outpaced the rules meant to govern it. Certain IT systems are now considered critical infrastructure in and of themselves, and digital technology is interwoven into the core of all critical infrastructure.
But is this really new? Have engineers always carried these responsibilities, simply on a very long leash? And as compliance teams, legal departments, and large international bodies step in, should we see that as an intrusion, or something we perhaps should have invited much sooner?
This talk is for testers, developers and other professionals ready to think beyond the ticket, and curious enough to ask uncomfortable questions about their own work.
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Lena Nyström
Ceo & Test consultant @ Test Scouts Stockholm.
Lena has been building software since 1999, in roles across development, testing, leadership and management. Lena found her passion in testing a decade later and has been focusing on quality in software since then.
She is especially interested in asking “should we build that” when others focus on “could we build that”.
Her core drive is continuous improvement and she strongly believes we all should strive to challenge ourselves, our assumptions and the way things are done. She is the author/creator of “Would Heu-risk it?”, a MASH core member, an avid blogger and keynote speaker.
Mathias speaker Bio
Mathias Jansson works as a legal counsel at a Swedish government agency.
He is currently working in project financing and has a long experience in application of public law, public access to information and secrecy as well as integrity and personal information regulation.
He is a passionate power lifter, biker and loves climbing mountains or take seriously long walks in the woods. Some also say he is fun. Don’t ask him about history unless you are prepared for a lecture.
