Sustainability requirements: a systematic mapping study

Abstract

Sustainability is a topic gaining more notoriety in recent years. Many studies related to this topic have been published in various areas of knowledge, including the field of Requirements Engineering. This work aims to investigate the literature on sustainability requirements, seeking to provide definitions, attributes, and metrics related to sustainability requirements. In this paper, a systematic mapping was conducted and 29 papers were analyzed. The analysis revealed that there are few studies defining sustainability requirements. Additionally, there is a gap in the literature concerning characteristics and attributes related to the economic dimension of sustainability. Finally, our analysis reinforced the need for the standardization of metrics measuring the satisfaction of sustainability requirements.