Cost & Sustainability
Overview
Cost and sustainability principles establish how engineering decisions account for financial and environmental consequences throughout a service's lifecycle. They guide choices that keep spend and resource consumption proportionate to delivered value while preserving required service outcomes.
Choose a principle below to read its full reasoning.
Principles
Cost Awareness
Engineering decisions keep recurring spend proportionate to the value a service delivers throughout its lifecycle.
Sustainability
Engineering decisions minimise unnecessary resource consumption and environmental impact throughout a service's lifecycle.