Quality attributes

Quality attributes are the cross-cutting concerns that affect the overall operation of a software system. They are the primary forces that drive the architecture and design of a system.

Quality attributes are specified as non-functional requirements and include:

• Availability
• Capacity
• Complexity
• Compliance
• Conceptual integrity
• Consistency
• Data integrity
• Data retention
• Disaster recovery
• Durability
• Evolvability
• Fault tolerance
• Latency
• Observability
• Partition tolerance
• Performance
• Privacy
• Redundancy
• Scalability
• Security
• Visibility