Injecting Sustainability in Software Architecture: A Rapid Review

This repository is a companion page for the following publication:

Markus Funke and Patricia Lago. 2026. Injecting Sustainability in Software Architecture: A Rapid Review. GREENS 2026.

It contains all the material required for replicating the study, including:

• rapid review
  • protocol
  • data extraction
  • analysis
• focus group
  • data
  • participant demographics
  • analysis
• evidence briefing

Quick Links

• Appendix A - Focus Group Participants Demographics
• Appendix B - Evidence Briefing

Repository Structure

This is the root directory of the repository. The directory is structured as follows:

replication_package
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 |--- appendix/                                            
 |       |--- table_demographics_focusgroup_participants.pdf        # Summary table of focus group participant demographics
 |       |--- evidence-briefing.pdf                               # One-page summary of key findings and implications for practitioners
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 |--- 01_rapid-review/                                          
 |       |--- RapidReview_Queries.txt                             # Search strings and database queries used in the rapid review
 |       |--- RapidReview_Selection_Protocol.xlsx                 # Documentation of inclusion and exclusion decisions
 |       |--- RapidReview_Extraction.xlsx                         # Extracted study data and synthesized evidence from the review
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 |--- 02_focus-group/                                              
         |--- focusgroup_slides.pdf                                 # Slides used to facilitate the expert focus group
         |--- focusgroup_participants.xlsx                          # Overview of focus group participants and their roles/domains
         |--- focusgroup_analysis.xlsx                              # Thematic analysis and results derived from the focus group discussions