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Maturity for Sustainability in IT: Introducing the MITS

Maturity for Sustainability in IT: Introducing the MITS

Martijn Smeitink, Marco Spruit
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 6 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 18
ISSN: 1935-570X|EISSN: 1935-5718|EISBN13: 9781466631717|DOI: 10.4018/jitsa.2013010103
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Smeitink, Martijn, and Marco Spruit. "Maturity for Sustainability in IT: Introducing the MITS." IJITSA vol.6, no.1 2013: pp.39-56. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitsa.2013010103

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Smeitink, M. & Spruit, M. (2013). Maturity for Sustainability in IT: Introducing the MITS. International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA), 6(1), 39-56. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitsa.2013010103

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Smeitink, Martijn, and Marco Spruit. "Maturity for Sustainability in IT: Introducing the MITS," International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA) 6, no.1: 39-56. http://doi.org/10.4018/jitsa.2013010103

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Abstract

Large scale IT usage harms the environment during its life-cycle and this results in a threat to sustainability. This research provides an approach to help IT organizations recognize and prioritize appropriate measures. A green ontology consisting of suggestions to improve IT sustainability is introduced based on earlier work. Then, to be able to judge where sustainability impacts the IT of an organization, the dimensions Govern, Source, Make, and Return as derived from the Supply Chain Operations Relationship model are applied within a sustainability context. Furthermore, four maturity levels are defined for IT sustainability based on the available sustainable development literature: Cleaning up the waste, Preventing waste, Product reengineering, and IT as an opportunity. Finally, the resulting Maturity for IT Sustainability (MITS) model is presented which categorizes all ontology measures appropriately within the two MITS dimensions.

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