Introduction This started off as a little aide-mémoire to get my head into the right space for preparing for an interview. It's not an exhaustive list, and twists terminology that has been used to represent other things (see: to Velocity), so don't treat it as a text book reference to work from. Most of the listed points can be associated back to so called "non-functional requirements" - NFRs. I don't like that particular terminology, so alternatively we might consider them as dimensions of the quality of the sytem. Usability "If you build it, they will come" should come with a provisor, "... but if it's awkward to use they'll soon go away, and might not come back." Security All of the aspects that combine to protect data from being seen or manipulated by anyone other than the intended recipient or sender, and also assuring users that the data has originated from the intended source. Velocity Here I'm cheating a bit by trying t...
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