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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hosting
08-HEB-1.02
Reducing the impact of hosting
08-HEB-1.06
Reducing the impact of hosting (bis)
08-HEB-3.02
Adapt the use of technical equipment to needs
08-HEB-4.02
Monitor the impact of the host
08-HEB-4.06
Monitor the impact of the host (bis)
08-HEB-4.08
Monitor the impact of the host (ter)