Mind the chasm: A FishEye lens view of sustainable software engineering in UK higher education

Madeleine L. Gibson; Colin C. Venters; Leticia Duboc; Stefanie Betz; Ruzanna Chitchyan; Maria Palacin-Silva; Birgit Penzenstadler; Norbert Seyff

Mind the chasm: A FishEye lens view of sustainable software engineering in UK higher education

Madeleine L. Gibson, Colin C. Venters, Leticia Duboc, Stefanie Betz, Ruzanna Chitchyan, Maria Palacin-Silva, Birgit Penzenstadler, Norbert Seyff

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Abstract

Requirements that express the needs of all stakeholders and cover the key aspects of a software system (such as those addressing sustainability) are critical to the system's successful development and adoption. For practitioners who want to develop sustainable software-intensive systems, it is also argued that software requirements are the key leverage point. But what do software developers know about broader sustainability and sustainability requirements in particular? As part of the University of Huddersfield's 'Student as a Researcher' initiative¹, this paper provides a FishEye² Lens View on how novice software developers who design and develop software systems at software companies relate to the notions of sustainability and sustainability requirements. The study has found that although sustainability is valued highly by the novice software developers, the concept of sustainability and sustainability requirements are not fully understood. This lack of knowledge in the software industry and organizations must be addressed to enable delivery of truly sustainability enabling software systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-24
Number of pages	10
Journal	CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Volume	1944
Publication status	Published - 3 Oct 2017
Event	6th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Sustainable Systems co-located with 23rd International Conference on Requirements Engineering - Lisboa, Portugal Duration: 5 Sept 2017 → 5 Sept 2017 Conference number: 6 / 23

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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Mind the chasm: A FishEye lens view of sustainable software engineering in UK higher education

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UN SDGs

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Research output

Crowd-Focused Semi-Automated Requirements Engineering for Evolution Towards Sustainability

Software Sustainability: Research and Practice from a Software Architecture Viewpoint

Tailoring Requirements Negotiation to Sustainability

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Software Engineering the Future

8th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Sustainable Systems

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