Integrating Sustainability into Software Development: A Global Categorization

This paper introduces the Integrated Sustainability Software Performance Framework, an innovative model that links sustainability to software development by strategically aligning ecological, economic, and social dimensions with software development. The framework adopts a 3 × 3 × 5 cube structure, aligning the dimensions of Ecology, Economy, and Social with Front-End, Back-End, and Full-Stack layers and differentiating maturity levels across a spectrum from Initial to Optimized. The primary goal is to redefine software quality attributes into sustainability attributes, facilitating a transformative approach that ensures software projects contribute positively to sustainable business models.