Can the software development lifecyle be improved?

Hello everyone,
I am interning at a company and I've been asked to do some research for a project to see if there is a need for a solution for the concept of combining IT and facility infrastructure data with the software development lifecycle to optimize applications not just usual performance, usability, and stability metrics but also around impact on IT infrastructure (network, CPU, disk, RAM, etc.) and facility infrastructure (space, power, cooling). So far, I have been unable to find any cases where the software development lifecycle could be improved by a solution of this sort. Does anyone see how the SLDC could be improved with this kind of solution?