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Specifications    ODD#12    

Is software updates impacts on the obsolescence of equipment calculated ?

Recommendation 

Technology

B People

B Planet

B Prosperity

Difficulty

*

Priority

Low

Récurrence

OnUpdate

Tests

Are the impacts on the hardware components of the software updates outlined?

Precisions

In iterative development and throughout the service's life updates will be applied. Each of these adaptations must ensure to continue using current equipment and not add useless constraints which would lead to saturating the processing capacities of user terminals, nor introduce a technical update which would generate incompatibility, would require / would lead to an equipment renwel.

Use Case

Impact assessment

Additional elements

Operational issues related to the project

Posts

Rule for assessing the level of compliance of the criterion

Number of obsolescence studies / Number of updates

Life cycle

Maintenance

11 other criteria related to the recommendation: Prepare the monitoring of the project life cycle and performance indicators / Sustainable IT profit

Recommendation Essential

economic process

In the purchasing process (Call for tenders) are Sustainable IT commitment requirements asked of external service providers ?

Recommendation Essential

Lifecycle Management

Do all specified data and procedures have end-of-life information ?

Recommendation

Production

Have you identified performance indicators for life cycle monitoring ?

Recommendation

Technology

Is current user equipment assessed ?

Recommendation

Planning

Do the project reviews take into account the validations of Sustainable IT requirements ?

Recommendation

Planning

During each new production launch, is a review of compliance with Sustainable IT issues carried out ?

Recommendation

Lifecycle Management

Does the target product have a limited lifespan ?

Advice

project objectives

Are the load, benefits, risks supervised ?

Advice

project objectives

Is a key risk monitoring plan deployed ?

Advice

project objectives

Is a gain in notoriety and capitalization associated with the Sustainable IT aspects of the project ?

Recommendation

Lifecycle Management

Do secondary functions also have a lower impact on the environmental footprint ?