The GR491, our guideline

The GR491, our guideline

The GR491 is the Handbook of Sustainable Design of Digital Services, created by the Institute for Sustainable IT.

Of the 591 recommendations currently referenced, 45 are said to be “essential” and are divided into 8 major families: Strategy, Specifications, Architecture, UX/UI, Contents, Frontend, Backend and Hosting.

The agency has positioned itself on all the key recommendations.

Strategy

Strategy

01-STR-1.04
Define and validate the needs and challenges of the project in order to anticipate the impact

01-STR-1.16
Define and validate the needs and challenges of the project in order to anticipate the impact (bis)

01-STR-2.04
Plan, prepare and validate the availability of Human Resources in Sustainable IT

01-STR-3.08
Determine and plan the capacity to monitor and capitalise on the Digital components Project Manager

01-STR-5.01
Act to reduce the impact of ICT by building urbanised information systems (IS) IS targets and plans

01-STR-6.01
Take action to reduce the impact of the IS by optimising IT assets and mutualization

Specifications

Specifications

02-SPC-1.01
Organise so that human resources would take into account the Sustainable IT approach in a project

02-SPC-1.03
Organise so that human resources would take into account the Sustainable IT approach in a project (bis)

02-SPC-3.02
Organize the project methodology to carry out a Sustainable IT approach

02-SPC-5.02
Prepare the monitoring of the project life cycle and performance indicators / Sustainable IT profit

02-SPC-5.07
Prepare the monitoring of the project life cycle and performance indicators / Sustainable IT profit (bis)

UX/UI

UX/UI

03-UX/UI-1.01
Incorporate Sustainable IT into the major objectives of the project

03-UX/UI-1.02
Incorporate Sustainable IT into the major objectives of the project (bis)

03-UX/UI-1.03
Incorporate Sustainable IT into the major objectives of the project (ter)

03-UX/UI-2.01
Raise awareness among internal and external stakeholders about Sustainable IT

03-UX/UI-3.05
Make the digital service available and accessible to the greatest number of users

03-UX/UI-4.01
Enable people with disabilities to access and use the digital service effectively

03-UX/UI-5.01
“Less is More”: focus on essential features and simplify your interface

03-UX/UI-5.C01
“Less is More”: focus on essential features and simplify your interface (bis)

03-UX/UI-8.02
Media engineering: reducing the digital service media as much as possible (images, animations, content, etc.)

03-UX/UI-8.03
Media engineering: reducing the digital service media as much as possible (images, animations, content, etc.) (bis)

03-UX/UI-10.01
Value: design an ethical Digital Service in line with your values

03-UX/UI-10.03
Value: design an ethical Digital Service in line with your values (bis)

Contents

Contents

04-CTN-1.03
Apply an editorial approach for content

04-CTN-2.01
Reduce the footprint of static content

04-CTN-3.05
Avoid active content, keep dynamic content under user control

04-CTN-5.05
Ensure the link between content and uses

Architecture

Architecture

05-ARC-H-2.03
Anticipate the operation of services

05-ARC-H-7.02
Associate data, flows, applications and security to allow their identification and traceability

05-ARC-H-9.01
Define the Sustainable IT objectives of the project and their adequacy in the operational context

Frontend

Frontend

06-FRT-3.02
Use environments and tools that limit impacts

06-FRT-4.01
Reduce the effects of obsolescence

06-FRT-5.01
Implement and develop functionalities to limit impacts

06-FRT-9.06
Implement technical solutions with the lowest impact

06-FRT-10.01
Look for the implementation of sober behaviour

Backend

Backend

07-BCK-1.01
Reduce the impact of data from its storage and access

07-BCK-2.07
Use the technical components that improve the Sustainable IT, aspects, security and performance

07-BCK-3.01
Limit the volume of exchanges

07-BCK-6.01
Set up a methodology that promotes the consideration of Sustainable IT aspects