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Elements of Sustainability for Public Sector Software : Mosaic Enterprise Architecture, Macroservices, and Low-Code (2021)

Setälä, M., Abrahamsson, P., & Mikkonen, T. (2021). Elements of Sustainability for Public Sector Software : Mosaic Enterprise Architecture, Macroservices, and Low-Code. In X. Wang, A. Martini, A. Nguyen-Duc, & V. Stray (Eds.), Software Business : 12th International Conference, ICSOB 2021, Drammen, Norway, December 2–3, 2021, Proceedings (pp. 3-9). Springer. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 434. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91983-2_1

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Setälä, Manu; Abrahamsson, Pekka; Mikkonen, Tommi

Parent publication: Software Business : 12th International Conference, ICSOB 2021, Drammen, Norway, December 2–3, 2021, Proceedings

Parent publication editors: Wang, Xiaofeng; Martini, Antonio; Nguyen-Duc, Anh; Stray, Viktoria

Place and date of conference: Drammen, Norway, 2.-3.12.2021

ISBN: 978-3-030-91982-5

eISBN: 978-3-030-91983-2

Journal or series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

ISSN: 1865-1348

eISSN: 1865-1356

Publication year: 2021

Number in series: 434

Pages range: 3-9

Number of pages in the book: 255

Publisher: Springer

Place of Publication: Cham

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91983-2_1

Publication open access: Not open

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/84839

Abstract

Public sector is a large consumer for software. In countries such as Finland, many of the systems are made to order by consultancy companies that participate in public tenders. These tenders initiated by the state, cities, and other public sector organizations. Furthermore, as public sector tasks are often decomposed to various actors, each and every one of them makes their purchase based on their own needs. In this paper, we argue that to maintain software sustainability in this context, there is a need for three key elements. Firstly, there is a need for an enterprise architecture where independent services from various vendors are can be easily deployed and integrated. Secondly, these services are build in a such manner that they can interact via well-defined APIs, but need no direct access to other services. Finally, techniques that support systematic, rapid development and deployment are needed.

Keywords: public sector; data systems; repertoires (arts); systems architecture; sustainable use

Free keywords: public sector software; mosaic architecture; macroservices; software sustainability

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2021

JUFO rating: 1