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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)

Chapter 3. Methodology Eliciting - Non Functional Requirements

Critical success factors for business initiatives are the creation of precise functional requirements, defining the behavior of the system, and NFRs, which describe how the system will accomplish its goals. The business stakeholders may define functional requirements well, but be challenged when it comes to non-functional requirements. If you ask the business stakeholders the right questions, you should be able to achieve a better alignment between business and IT.

In software development, the gathering of requirements is the first step. Functional requirements describe the behaviors of the application that support the business goals, and NFRs include constraints and qualities. Just as with tracking the functional requirements to closure during the different phases of software development, it is imperative for the success of any IT engagement to elicit, document, and track NFRs from the beginning through to closure.

The key topics...