Conway’s Law states an organization will design systems that reflect that organization’s communication structure. In other words, how we make a product manifests in the product itself. Is it any surprise that overall our industry is terrible at accessibility? It’s illogical to expect that accessible products would spring forth from an inaccessible developer experience. Extreme Programming Explained reminds us, “Software development teams where everyone is alike, while comfortable, are not effective.” In this session, we will explore the idea of an accessible developer experience as a way of leaning into the XP principles of Humanity and Diversity.
An epiphany of an XP developer at an Open Space Conference resulted in discovering a whole new way of working and sparked a movement. Tired of dark/flaccid/zombie/corporate Agile, endless meetings, and only lip service to autonomy, he and his team fo…
