The 'Vattn' Case: Analysing Sustainability Impacts in a Software Startup
Paper i proceeding, 2022

Interest in sustainability research has increased in Software Engineering, however most research conducted over-look startups integrating sustainability into the development of their software systems. The goal of this paper is to contribute to filling this knowledge gap by showcasing how startups may adopt sustainability into their software system. This will be achieved using the Sustainability Awareness Framework (SusAF). To demonstrate the use of the SusAF for startups, we conducted a case study with the startup company Vattn, who are developing an online digital water management platform for easier access to clean drinking water. The results show that the SusAF provided the necessary discussion means in order for Vattn to discover the potential sustainability impacts of their software system in the five dimensions of sustainability and across the three orders of effect. Furthermore, the Vattn team were provided with the adequate tool to devise actions to support the identified positive sustainability impacts and mitigate the negative.

impact analysis

startup

case study

sustainability

Författare

Susan Lieu

Göteborgs universitet

Adelric Wong

Göteborgs universitet

Birgit Penzenstadler

Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering

Lappeenrannan-Lahden teknillinen yliopisto (LUT)

Proceedings - 2022 International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2022

150-159
9781665482868 (ISBN)

8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Sustainability, ICT4S 2022
Plovdiv, Bulgaria,

Ämneskategorier

Miljöledning

Programvaruteknik

Systemvetenskap

DOI

10.1109/ICT4S55073.2022.00026

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2022-09-02