Proposal on how to use assurance cases for learning the mindset to respect diversity

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Goal Structuring Notation (GSN), which expressing an assurance case, is possible to visualize structuralizing the application targets with multiple viewpoints. However, the above visualization can only handle multiple viewpoints that users of the assurance case can recognize. In other words, it is difficult to visualize as well as structuralize multiple viewpoints that users of the assurance case cannot recognize. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to confirm whether the users can learn the ability to consider every state and make a judgment based on the understandings by using an assurance case with others, in order to learn the mindset to respect diversity. Next, we will indicate that 1) using an assurance case continuously will lead to learn the mindset to respect diversity, and 2) respecting diversity is nearly equal to the ability to consider every state and make a judgment based on the understandings. The evaluation method of this study is to confirm whether the users can learn the ability to consider every state and make a judgment based on the understandings as well as to learn the mindset to respect others using assurance case in communication between others by writing out assurance case together as a pair. Specifically, one person is a listener and another one is a speaker. The listener listens to what the speaker considers correct, and they write and confirm an assurance case. This study evaluates by using questionnaire and interview after writing the assurance case. As a result, this study suggested that using an assurance case with the other users is effective in order to learn the mindset to respect the diversity that the users cannot recognize. Finally, this study concludes future research topics.