Overview
- Discusses a key element of systems design endeavors that has not been previously addressed
- Provides a taxonomy of 27 useful non-functional requirements that address adaptation, design, sustainment and viability concerns during systems design endeavors
- Provides a clear measure and construct for each of the 27 non-functional requirements
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (TSRQ, volume 28)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Systems Design and Non-functional Requirements
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Sustainment Concerns
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Design Concerns
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Adaptation Concerns
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Viability Concerns
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Conclusion
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About this book
This book will help readers gain a solid understanding of non-functional requirements inherent in systems design endeavors. It contains essential information for those who design, use and maintain complex engineered systems, including experienced designers, teachers of design, system stakeholders and practicing engineers.
Coverage approaches non-functional requirements in a novel way by presenting a framework of four systems concerns into which the 27 major non-functional requirements fall: sustainment, design, adaptation and viability. Within this model, the text proceeds to define each non-functional requirement, to specify how each is treated as an element of the system design process and to develop an associated metric for their evaluation.
Systems are designed to meet specific functional needs. Because non-functional requirements are not directly related to tasks that satisfy these proposed needs, designers and stakeholders often fail to recognize the importance of such attributes as availability, survivability, and robustness. This book gives readers the tools and knowledge they need to both recognize the importance of these non-functional requirements and incorporate them in the design process.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Non-functional Requirements in Systems Analysis and Design
Authors: Kevin MacG. Adams
Series Title: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18344-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18343-5Published: 08 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38664-5Published: 17 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18344-2Published: 23 April 2015
Series ISSN: 1566-0443
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0285
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 264
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations
Topics: Engineering Design, Complexity, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk