Criteria for environmental feasibility analysis in software projects

Abstract

The protection of the environment is a relevant factor in ensuring the availability of natural resources essential to achieve sustainable development. Information and Communication Technologies have the capacity to influence the reduction of global carbon emissions, which leads the industry to make important efforts in terms of technological innovation aimed at sustainability. For the development of a project to be sustainable, it must consider, in addition to the economic feasibility, and the social benefit, the reasonable use of natural resources, which entails an environmental feasibility analysis carried out. To contribute to the success of a project, in order to achieve sustainability, and contribute to environmental protection, it is imperative to include environmental criteria in the feasibility analysis. This research proposes a set of criteria to evaluate the environmental dimension in the feasibility analysis of software projects.