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Mastering Non-Functional Requirements

By : Sameer Paradkar
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Mastering Non-Functional Requirements

By: Sameer Paradkar

Overview of this book

Non-functional Requirements are key to any software/IT program and cannot be overlooked or ignored. This book provides a comprehensive approach to the analysis, architecture, and measurement of NFRs. It includes considerations for bespoke Java, .NET, and COTS applications that are applicable to IT applications/systems in different domains. The book outlines the methodology for capturing the NFRs and also describes a framework that can be leveraged by analysts and architects for tackling NFRs for various engagements. This book starts off by explaining the various KPIs, taxonomies, and methods for identifying NFRs. Learn the design guidelines for architecting applications and systems relating to NFRs and design principles to achieve the desired outcome. We will then move on to various key tiers/layers and patterns pertaining to the business, database, and integrating tiers. After this, we will dive deep into the topics pertaining to techniques related to monitoring and measurement of NFRs, such as sizing, analytical modeling, and quality assurance. Lastly, we end the book by describing some pivotal NFRs and checklists for the software quality attributes related to the business, application, data, and infrastructure domains.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Summary


This chapter provided the introduction of NFRs and why NFRs are critical for building software systems. The chapter also explained various KPI for each of the key NFRs that is, scalability, availability, reliability, and so on. The book will cover the most critical 24 NFRs that are applicable for IT applications and systems.

The next chapter describes the taxonomy of NFRs that is, scalability, availability, reliability, and so on. The next chapter outlines the entire lifecycle of NFRs and describes a framework that can be leveraged by business analysts and architects for discovering NFRs on engagements. The framework will focus on the KPI and KRA for each of the NFRs which will be the critical input for the solution design phase.