TY - GEN
T1 - Challenges in Incorporating Sustainability Practices in the Software Lifecycle
AU - Bamiduro, Mercy
AU - Fatima, Iffat
AU - Lago, Patricia
AU - Vos, Sophie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - As software becomes more integral to daily life and business operations, its sustainability impact is increasing, and increasingly recognized. This study investigates the key challenges hindering stakeholders from adopting and implementing sustainability practices within organizations. To this aim, we interview 15 practitioners in two organizations to identify the challenges in sustainability adoption and implementation of sustainability practices in the daily workflow of software professionals. Our results highlight the practical challenges, recommendations, and benefits of implementing sustainability practices in real-world organizational settings. Lack of sustainability prioritization, knowledge awareness, measurement tools, scarce resources, and organizational culture are the key challenge areas. By balancing priorities, the investment in sustainability education and tool support coupled with cultural change and resource-rich incentivization programs can motivate practitioners to use sustainability practices. If so, organizations could save money and energy, improve overall productivity, and foster personal satisfaction.
AB - As software becomes more integral to daily life and business operations, its sustainability impact is increasing, and increasingly recognized. This study investigates the key challenges hindering stakeholders from adopting and implementing sustainability practices within organizations. To this aim, we interview 15 practitioners in two organizations to identify the challenges in sustainability adoption and implementation of sustainability practices in the daily workflow of software professionals. Our results highlight the practical challenges, recommendations, and benefits of implementing sustainability practices in real-world organizational settings. Lack of sustainability prioritization, knowledge awareness, measurement tools, scarce resources, and organizational culture are the key challenge areas. By balancing priorities, the investment in sustainability education and tool support coupled with cultural change and resource-rich incentivization programs can motivate practitioners to use sustainability practices. If so, organizations could save money and energy, improve overall productivity, and foster personal satisfaction.
KW - Challenges
KW - Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
KW - Stakeholder Perspectives
KW - Sustainability
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105001426298
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-85849-9_23
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-85849-9_23
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105001426298
SN - 9783031858482
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 284
EP - 290
BT - Software Business
A2 - Papatheocharous, Efi
A2 - Farshidi, Siamak
A2 - Jansen, Slinger
A2 - Hyrynsalmi, Sonja
PB - Springer Nature
T2 - 15th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2024
Y2 - 18 November 2024 through 20 November 2024
ER -