Managing sustainable information systems development: Complexity, culture, balance and mindfulness

Sustainable information systems development (ISD) in the context of this paper is not about products that support sustainability at large with its environmental, economic and social dimensions and little about the development of sustainable products, which are both without doubt important topics. This paper is about a prerequisite for such products, namely, a sustainable ISD process, a process which exhibits reasonable and responsible stewardship and utilisation of the existing resources for ISD-people and information in the context of scope, time/schedule, budget/cost, quality and risk