Sustainable Maintainability: Domain Model for Integrating Green IT into Software Maintenance Phase
Abstract
Software management faces a significant disconnect: current quality standards do not quantify the energy cost of technical debt during the maintenance phase. The objective of this research is to present a Domain Model that integrates Green IT principles into the maintenance processes defined by the ISO/IEC 14764 standard and the quality characteristics of ISO/IEC 25010. Methodologically, the study documents the results of the Action stage of the first cycle of an Action Research project. Following a diagnosis that revealed gaps in the literature, a conceptual model was constructed as an intervention mechanism. The results present a conceptual model in UML, which allowed for the identification of Environmental Technical Debt as the causal link between low maintainability and energy waste. A relationship is structured wherein maintenance phases not only correct faults but are also audited by an energy manager actor using physical indicators. It is concluded that the construction of this theoretical artifact is the first step toward operationalizing sustainability, which is now undergoing evaluation to define implementation objectives for future cycles.
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