Cognitive Biases vs Evidence-Based Practice
Developers should learn about cognitive biases to enhance critical thinking, reduce errors in problem-solving, and foster better team dynamics by recognizing how biases affect design choices, debugging, and project planning meets developers should learn and use evidence-based practice to make informed decisions about technologies, architectures, and processes, especially in complex or high-stakes projects where poor choices can lead to failures or inefficiencies. Here's our take.
Cognitive Biases
Developers should learn about cognitive biases to enhance critical thinking, reduce errors in problem-solving, and foster better team dynamics by recognizing how biases affect design choices, debugging, and project planning
Cognitive Biases
Nice PickDevelopers should learn about cognitive biases to enhance critical thinking, reduce errors in problem-solving, and foster better team dynamics by recognizing how biases affect design choices, debugging, and project planning
Pros
- +For example, awareness of confirmation bias can prevent overlooking alternative solutions, while anchoring bias awareness helps in more accurate estimation during sprint planning
- +Related to: critical-thinking, problem-solving
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Evidence-Based Practice
Developers should learn and use Evidence-Based Practice to make informed decisions about technologies, architectures, and processes, especially in complex or high-stakes projects where poor choices can lead to failures or inefficiencies
Pros
- +It is particularly valuable in contexts like healthcare software, financial systems, or large-scale enterprise applications, where reliability and performance are critical, and in agile or DevOps environments to optimize workflows based on data-driven insights
- +Related to: agile-methodology, devops
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
These tools serve different purposes. Cognitive Biases is a concept while Evidence-Based Practice is a methodology. We picked Cognitive Biases based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.
Based on overall popularity. Cognitive Biases is more widely used, but Evidence-Based Practice excels in its own space.
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