tailieunhanh - An empirical study on predictors of green sustainable software practices in Malaysian electronic industries

The survey data aimed to verify each of the identified predictors that influence sustainable software practice applications. Descriptive and inferential statistical results from the survey data show that each of the predictors is significant and do influence sustainable software development. The finding from this study provides insights to electronic industries in implementing sustainable software practice applications. | Journal of ICT, 17, No. 2 (April) 2018, pp: 347–391 How to cite this paper: Anthony, B. J., & Majid, M. A., & Romli, A. (2018). An empirical study on predictors of green sustainable software practices in Malaysian electronic industries. Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 17(2), 347-391. AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON PREDICTORS OF GREEN SUSTAINABLE SOFTWARE PRACTICES IN MALAYSIAN ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES Bokolo Anthony Jnr., Mazlina Abdul Majid & Awanis Romli Faculty of Computer Systems and Software Engineering Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia bkanjr@; mazlina@; awanis@ ABSTRACT Currently, sustainability is a pertinent issue that should be considered in the software development process; hence it is imperative to recognize how environmental-friendly practices can be applied in the electronic industries that develop and deploy software products. However, sustainability is not fully considered when electronic industries implement modern software systems. Additionally, software developers in electronic industries believe that software is environmental friendly mainly because it is virtual. Conversely, the life cycle process and approaches applied to implement, deploy and maintain software do possess social and environmental impacts that are usually not accounted for by electronic industries. Therefore this study identified the predictors that determine sustainable software practice applications in electronics industries by presenting a model to facilitate sustainable software products development. The identified predictors influence sustainable software practices applications which correlate to environmental, technical, economic, social and individual dimensions of sustainability in electronics industries. Based on the identified predicators, Received: 27 June 2017 Accepted: 21 December 2017 347 Journal of ICT, 17, No. 2 (April) 2018, pp: 347–391 this research developed a set of indicators for survey questions and .