Does “diversity” really have an impact on software and security teams
summary
A quick literature review claims that knowledge diversity improves software quality and adaptability by increasing shared mental models and productive cognitive conflict, while value diversity lowers team performance and adaptability because entrenched value conflicts persist; adding surface diversity changes idea counts (racial diversity up, gender diversity down) and team size above nine correlates with more security flaws; Acunetix and Code Dx appear as industry touchpoints, face-to-face conversation trumps email for knowledge transfer, and psychological safety matters more than formal team structure.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 2:04Desire for Diversity
- 2:34What impact do we expect from Diversity?
- 3:24What Is Diversity?
- 4:57Surface Diversity
- 8:00How can we create Team Cognition?
- 10:41Why does Knowledge Diversity have an impact?
- 12:10Value Diversity
- 15:27What happens when you compose a team to achieve Diversity?
- 19:13Psychological safety
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