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The Green Software Maturity Matrix (GSMM) is a self-assessment tool to help you judge where your systems are and the next steps you need to take to be greener. The GSMM is published by the Green Software Foundation where it is an ongoing project. It is available under a CC-BY-4.0 Attribution license (please attribute to the Green Software Foundation). Anne is the project lead and collated the first version. A fuller text description: https://maturity-matrix.greensoftware.foundation/ The project is open to contributions from everyone.

Green Software Maturity Matrix

The Green Software Maturity Matrix (GSMM) is a self-assessment tool to help you judge where your systems are and the next steps you need to take to be greener. The GSMM is published by the Green Software Foundation where it is an ongoing project. It is available under a CC-BY-4.0 Attribution license (please attribute to the Green Software Foundation). Anne is the project lead and created the first version. A full text description is available here: https://maturity-matrix.greensoftware.foundation/ The project is open to contributions from everyone.

The Green Software Maturity Matrix - Sustainability Strategy Guide

Engineers and engineering leaders who build, deploy, and scale software systems.

Learn how the tech industry can reduce carbon emissions and help tackle climate change. If you want to make a difference, join in.

Anne Currie

Building Green Software - Become an Expert

Payment Business analyst & GreenIT ambassador

You will learn key concepts & practical approaches to building green systems ready for the future. For technologists from ICs to PMs to CTOs

Building Green Software Workshop

Tech Sustainability - Product Manager

Software Engineer

Full Stack (JavaScript) Engineer

Co-founder and R&D (green software, sustainable architectures and green AI))

The tech industry needs to reduce its carbon footprint, but how? What should we do and how can we convince others? If you care about these questions then this course is for you. Building green software is a solution to three problems: how to reduce global carbon emissions, how to get tech teams to embrace modern dev and ops best practices, and how to make them more motivated. Becoming sustainable is not about doing less. It's about doing everything better. Green systems are fundamentally aligned with modernization and increased efficiency. Battling climate change is a great motivator for your teams to embrace modern practices that were designed to reduce resource use and increase resilience, but also help you ship faster and find product market fit. The techniques of green software were pioneered at Google to help the company build high scale systems that used fewer resources, were cheaper to run, more resilient and easier to change and adapt. Those green techniques can also be used by every other enterprise. On this course, you will learn what they are and why they work. What is green software?The Green Software Foundation defines green software as software that minimizes its emissions through operational efficiency, code efficiency, and shifting work in time and place to when and where low carbon power is available. In practice, that means green software is designed to run on renewable power. To be future-ready, software must take advantage of the unpredictable characteristics of renewably-generated electricity (i.e. it is cheap and abundant at some times and in some places and scarce and expensive at others). That usually means software that can shift work in time to take advantage of sun and wind and is frugal when it's dark and the wind isn't blowing. Learn the fundamentals of building green software and the impact of the energy transition on tech in an in depth, 6 week online course (1 hour per week) based on Anne's O'Reilly book Building Green Software. The course provides a thorough grounding in the ideas behind building software to survive the energy transition.&nbsp; Ideal for anyone who will be leading or supporting others in making systems ready for the future e.g. sales engineers, team leaders, trainers, product owners, architects or CTOs - i.e. your green champions. WhyIn tech, there are major wins from embracing sustainable systems. The best practice techniques for utilizing renewable energy can deliver far, far cheaper power as well as bettter resilience, productivity, and security. You will learn how to align engineering, operational, and architectural decisions with reduced carbon emissions but also better resilience, performance, security, and development velocity, while lowering your hosting bills. Course ContentLive lessons on:How to assess the likely impact of the energy transition on your software systems and judge the opportunities and risks.How to know where to start with greening your systems.How to know what to do and when. Part 1 - operations.How to know what to do and when. Part 2 - demand shifting and shaping.How to know what to do and when. Part 3 - code and platforms.Learn about the Green Software Foundation (GSF) Green Software Maturity Matrix from its original author &amp; review and reflect.Plus: Q&amp;A sessions. WithThe GSF Green Software Maturity Matrix Self Assessment Framework to help you assess where you are and your next steps (Anne is the GSF Maturity Matrix project lead). Case studies from companies at multiple levels of the maturity matrix.

Future-Ready, Green Software

Course syllabus

1 hour, afternoons (lunchtimes US East) for 6 weeks

One hour of live training per week for 6 weeks

Each week there will be an optional research and thinking project for discussion at the next Q&amp;A session

Projects

Course schedule

Senior Architects who need to get up to speed on the principles of green sustainable systems including futureproofing advantages.

Experienced Software Engineers who are worried about the risks of the energy transition to their systems &amp; want to take mitigation steps.

SREs, Operations and DevOps engineers who want to understand the implications for hosting &amp; platform choices of the energy transition

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

You will understand the key factors that matter to the sustainability of a system and whether it's likely to survive and thrive or crash and burn in the energy transition.

Understand the key factors in sustainability

You'll know where to focus your attention first and why. Running before you can walk is likely to end up giving you a bloody nose.

Understand the pros and cons of operational efficiency vs code efficiency

You will learn where, when, and how to use it and what to do when that demand just won't be shifted.

Understand demand shifting and demand shaping

The next steps for your systems depend on where they are now and your appetite for leading the pack vs sticking to tried and tested, commodity solutions. By the end of the course, you will understand what tools are out there that you can leverage to deliver on your specific goals

Understand where your organization sits with respect to green software maturity

BRAND NEW WORKSHOP! INTRODUCTORY OFFER 50% OFF - AUGUST ONLY (NORMAL PRICE $900) For individuals who want to fight climate change through their day-to-day work in tech. Get a grounding in the fundamental concepts and practical takeaway ideas for building more sustainable, greener systems. The focus will be on approaches that are effective, already widely implemented and proven to be realistic and scalable. All this together with building the energy, enthusiasm and validation to make things happen! The workshop is:- Short, sharp, and intense (2.5 hours)- Highly interactive with multiple breakout sessions- Delivers understanding of key factors and principles- Drives enthusiasm, ideas, and action The good news is that being green is often the perfect motivator for adopting more modern practises that cut costs and improve time to market.&nbsp;&nbsp; What you will learn:&nbsp;- What is the problem facing the tech industry (where does tech’s carbon footprint come from?)- What does it mean to go green strategically? (Spoiler: It has to help your business not hurt it)- What are the opportunities for green leadership by the tech sector- The positive steps already taken by tech- What we are aiming for for data centres (24/7 Carbon Free Energy - CFE)- The key levers we can pull&nbsp;- An effective strategy for pulling those levers&nbsp;- The impact of AI The workshop involves group exercises and is Informative, inspiring, and eye-opening.

Learn about the energy transition's effect on tech & be inspired to take action

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Everyone, from PMs to ICs to CTOs, who wants to fight climate change through their day-to-day work in tech. No prev green knowledge required

Folk in tech who want to help battle climate change but don't know how to get involved effectively in a way that will have impact and scale

People in the tech sector who want to understand the key concepts &amp; get ideas for changes and system improvements they can make immediately

Be able to confidently discuss the tech sector's role in climate change with colleagues and bosses. Understand the key factors of code efficiency, operational efficiency, and demand management and their pros and cons in different contexts.

Where does tech’s carbon footprint come from?

Know what concrete measures are already being taken by successful companies worldwide to reduce their emissions while growing their business.

What can we do to go green in the short term?

Understand 24/7 Carbon Free Electricity (Google's stated goal for 2030) and what it means for the rest of us, including the other cloud vendors.

What's the long term plan?

Understand the Green Software Foundation's recommended strategy for achieving sustainability: the Green Software Maturity Matrix.

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Green Software Maturity Matrix

The Green Software Maturity Matrix - Sustainability Strategy Guide