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Don't the functionalities of the service go beyond user needs ?

Recommendation  Essential

development standards

A People

A Planet

A Prosperity

Difficulty

*

Priority

High

Récurrence

OnUpdate

Tests

Is each feature removed if it is not related to a defined use?

Precisions

The number of features available in a digital service directly impact the consumption of resources and the environmental footprint. By creating functions of little use, they are sources of creation of totally unnecessary environmental debt. The features also increase the volume of the service, which introduces additional loading times and storage space.

Use Case

Data are collected (analytics, probes, ...) to ensure real usefulness of features

Additional elements

Operational issues related to the project

Posts

Rule for assessing the level of compliance of the criterion

Number of features really used / Number of features

Life cycle

Conception

5 other criteria related to the recommendation: Implement and develop functionalities to limit impacts

Advice

development standards

Are the logs free of unprocessed errors ?

Advice

development standards

Are dead codes cleared ?

Advice

development standards

Is a compiled language used for performance and / or security aspects ?

Recommendation

user Experience

Are the reference elements known, kept up to date, and made available to the entire project team ?

Recommendation

user Experience

Is the inventory of the input data made available for reuse in other projects ?