CRESustain: Approach to Include Sustainability and Creativity in Requirements Engineering
by Clara Silveira1,* 
, Vitor Santos 2 , Leonilde Reis 3 , Henrique Mamede 4
1 Scholl of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Guarda, Guarda, 6300-559, Portugal
2 NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Lisboa, 1070-312, Portugal
3 School of Business Administration, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Setúbal, 2914-503, Portugal
4 INESC TEC, Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, 1269-001, Portugal
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, Volume 1, Issue 8, Page # 27-34, 2022; DOI: 10.55708/js0108004
Keywords: Creativity, Requirements Engineering, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals
Received: 03 June 2022, Revised: 03 August 2022, Accepted: 16 August 2022, Published Online: 29 August 2022
APA Style
Silveira, C., Santos, V., Reis, L., & Mamede, H. (2022). CRESustain: Approach to Include Sustainability and Creativity in Requirements Engineering. Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, 1(8), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0108004
Chicago/Turabian Style
Silveira, Clara, Vitor Santos, Leonilde Reis, and Henrique Mamede. “CRESustain: Approach to Include Sustainability and Creativity in Requirements Engineering.” Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences 1, no. 8 (August 1, 2022): 27–34. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0108004.
IEEE Style
C. Silveira, V. Santos, L. Reis, and H. Mamede, “CRESustain: Approach to Include Sustainability and Creativity in Requirements Engineering,” Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, vol. 1, no. 8, pp. 27–34, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.55708/js0108004.
Requirements Engineering is an evolving field facing new challenges. One of the central conundrums is sustainability in software. The possibility of using known creativity techniques while introducing the dimensions of sustainability to help provide unexpected, original, practical, and sustainable answers in software development is challenging and motivating. This paper proposes an approach, CRESustain, incorporating sustainability dimensions when introducing creativity techniques in the Requirements Engineering process. CRESustain uses various creativity techniques considered appropriate for the different stages of the RE process. It is inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals, creative problem-solving methods, and the Karlskrona Manifesto. The methodology applied to give materiality to the outcome of this work was Design Science Research, a research paradigm that uses knowledge to solve problems, generate new knowledge and insights, and results in an artefact. The main results indicate that the approach stimulates discussion about sustainability in technical, economic, social, human, and environmental dimensions focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals and people’s needs.
