Towards Incorporating Sustainability while Taking Software Product Management Decisions

Software product managers are missing guidelines on how to incorporate di erent dimensions of sustainability in software product management and requirements selection decision-making. This is a challenge because considering sustainability perspective while selecting requirements has become a major objective for software product development companies; however, it is unclear how to support it during complex product management decision-making. In this paper, we identify the value aspects related to sustainability for software requirements selection. An exemplary dialogue between a consultant and a product manager illustrates how the proposed approach can be used while taking product management and requirements selection decisions. Our contribution provides software product managers with guidance on how toincorporate value aspects related to sustainability while taking software product management and requirements selection decisions