Nonfunctional requirements that can be tested
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In this lesson
turn "fast and secure" into measurable quality scenarios.
Planned topics
- Scenario parts: source, stimulus, environment, response, response measure.
- Cover performance, availability, security, privacy, operability, scalability, data retention.
- Use the business: peak days, revenue per minute of downtime, regulatory duties.
- If it cannot be tested or measured, it is not yet a requirement.
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Demonstration
"On a promotion day at peak (environment), 2,000 shoppers per minute (stimulus) browse the catalog; 95% of product pages return within 1.5 s (measure)". Rewrite "must be secure" as a named threat with a response.
Check your understanding
What makes "must be fast" insufficient?
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No measure, load, or condition.
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