Agile as a Vehicle for Values

A Value Sensitive Design Toolkit

Book chapter (2023)

Authors

S. Umbrello Ethics & Philosophy of Technology - TPM
Olivia Gambelin Ethical Intelligence Associates limited
Research Group
Ethics & Philosophy of Technology (TPM) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2023 S. Umbrello, Olivia Gambelin
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25233-4_13
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Published Date

2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Values Technology and Innovation

Research Group

Ethics & Philosophy of Technology

Abstract

The ethics of technology has primarily focused on what values are and how they can be embedded in technologies through design. In this context, some work has been done to show the efficacy of several design approaches. However, existing studies have not clearly pointed out the ways which design team managers can use design-for-values approaches to organise and use technologies in practice properly. This chapter attempts to fill this gap by discussing the value sensitive design (VSD) approach as a valuable means of co-designing technologies as a toolkit for existing workflow management, in this case, Agile. It will be demonstrated that VSD shows promise as a way of democratically designing technologies as well as fostering democratic technology policy innovation.