TY - GEN
T1 - A Comparative Analysis of Green ICT Maturity Models
AU - Lautenschutz, David
AU - Espana, Sergio
AU - Hankel, Albert
AU - Overbeek, Sietse
AU - Lago, Patricia
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Maturity models have become a common tool for organisations to assess their capabilities in a variety of domains. However, for fields that have not yet been researched thoroughly, it can be difficult to create and evolve a maturity model that features all the important aspects in that field. It takes time and many iterative improvements for a maturity model to come of age. This is the case for Green ICT maturity models, whose aim is typically to either provide insight on the important aspects an organisation or a researcher should take into account when trying to improve the social or environmental impact of ICT, or to assist in the auditing of such aspects. In fact, when we were commissioned a comprehensive ICT-sustainability auditing for Utrecht University, we not only faced the need of selecting a Green ICT maturity model, but also to ensure that it covered as many organisational aspects as possible, extending the model if needed. This paper reports on the comparison we carried out of several Green ICT maturity models, how we extended our preferred model with needed constructs, and how we applied the resulting model during the ICT-sustainability auditing.
AB - Maturity models have become a common tool for organisations to assess their capabilities in a variety of domains. However, for fields that have not yet been researched thoroughly, it can be difficult to create and evolve a maturity model that features all the important aspects in that field. It takes time and many iterative improvements for a maturity model to come of age. This is the case for Green ICT maturity models, whose aim is typically to either provide insight on the important aspects an organisation or a researcher should take into account when trying to improve the social or environmental impact of ICT, or to assist in the auditing of such aspects. In fact, when we were commissioned a comprehensive ICT-sustainability auditing for Utrecht University, we not only faced the need of selecting a Green ICT maturity model, but also to ensure that it covered as many organisational aspects as possible, extending the model if needed. This paper reports on the comparison we carried out of several Green ICT maturity models, how we extended our preferred model with needed constructs, and how we applied the resulting model during the ICT-sustainability auditing.
KW - comparative analysis
KW - Green ICT
KW - sustainability
KW - maturity model
KW - qualitative content analysis
KW - Green IT
U2 - 10.29007/5hgz
DO - 10.29007/5hgz
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - EPiC Series in Computing
SP - 153
EP - 167
BT - ICT4S2018. 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability
A2 - Penzenstadler, Birgit
A2 - Easterbrook, Steve
A2 - Venters, Colin
A2 - Ahmed, Syed Ishtiaque
PB - EasyChair
CY - Toronto
ER -