Assessing Sustainability Impacts of Systems: SuSAF and the SDGs

Ian Brooks; Norbert Seyff; Stefanie Betz; Dominic Lammert; Jari Porras; Leticia Duboc; Ruzanna Chitchyan; Colin C. Venters; Birgit Penzenstadler

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-36597-3_10

Assessing Sustainability Impacts of Systems: SuSAF and the SDGs

Ian Brooks, Norbert Seyff, Stefanie Betz, Dominic Lammert, Jari Porras, Leticia Duboc, Ruzanna Chitchyan, Colin C. Venters, Birgit Penzenstadler

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Abstract

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identify key topics where action is required to transform our world towards sustainability. We call for the extensive integration of the SDGs into Software Engineering to support this transformation. This will require the creation of methods and tools for the analysis of software system impacts on the SDGs. To show how this integration might be achieved, we report on a mapping to the SDGs from an existing software sustainability assessment tool, the Sustainability Assessment Framework (SusAF). We find that there is a good mapping between SusAF and the SDGs but that mapping to some specific SDG targets may be dependant on the expertise of the analysts. Mapping of case study systems will be needed for empirical validation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	17th International Conference, ENASE 2022, Virtual Event, April 25–26, 2022, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Hermann Kaindl, Mike Mannion, Leszek A. Maciaszek
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	205-219
Number of pages	15
Volume	1829 CCIS
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031365973
ISBN (Print)	9783031365966
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36597-3_10
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2023
Event	17th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Virtual, Online, Czech Republic Duration: 25 Apr 2022 → 26 Apr 2022 Conference number: 17 https://enase.scitevents.org/

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	1829 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering
Abbreviated title	ENASE 2022
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Virtual, Online
Period	25/04/22 → 26/04/22
Internet address	https://enase.scitevents.org/

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Brooks, I., Seyff, N., Betz, S., Lammert, D., Porras, J., Duboc, L., Chitchyan, R., Venters, C. C., & Penzenstadler, B. (2023). Assessing Sustainability Impacts of Systems: SuSAF and the SDGs. In H. Kaindl, M. Mannion, & L. A. Maciaszek (Eds.), Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering: 17th International Conference, ENASE 2022, Virtual Event, April 25–26, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (1st ed., Vol. 1829 CCIS, pp. 205-219). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1829 CCIS). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36597-3_10

Brooks, Ian ; Seyff, Norbert ; Betz, Stefanie et al. / Assessing Sustainability Impacts of Systems : SuSAF and the SDGs. Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering: 17th International Conference, ENASE 2022, Virtual Event, April 25–26, 2022, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Hermann Kaindl ; Mike Mannion ; Leszek A. Maciaszek. Vol. 1829 CCIS 1st. ed. Cham : Springer, Cham, 2023. pp. 205-219 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Brooks, I, Seyff, N, Betz, S, Lammert, D, Porras, J, Duboc, L, Chitchyan, R, Venters, CC & Penzenstadler, B 2023, Assessing Sustainability Impacts of Systems: SuSAF and the SDGs. in H Kaindl, M Mannion & LA Maciaszek (eds), Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering: 17th International Conference, ENASE 2022, Virtual Event, April 25–26, 2022, Revised Selected Papers. 1st edn, vol. 1829 CCIS, Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1829 CCIS, Springer, Cham, Cham, pp. 205-219, 17th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, Virtual, Online, Czech Republic, 25/04/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36597-3_10

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Brooks I, Seyff N, Betz S, Lammert D, Porras J, Duboc L et al. Assessing Sustainability Impacts of Systems: SuSAF and the SDGs. In Kaindl H, Mannion M, Maciaszek LA, editors, Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering: 17th International Conference, ENASE 2022, Virtual Event, April 25–26, 2022, Revised Selected Papers. 1st ed. Vol. 1829 CCIS. Cham: Springer, Cham. 2023. p. 205-219. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). Epub 2023 Jul 7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-36597-3_10