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Adaptability, Flexibility, Modifiability and Scalability, and Robustness

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Nonfunctional Requirements in Systems Analysis and Design

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The design of systems and components during the design stage of the systems life cycle requires specific purposeful actions to ensure effective designs and viable systems. Designers are faced with a number of adaptation concerns that they must embed into the design in every instance of thinking and documentation. The ability for a systems to change is essential to its continued survival and ability to provide requisite functions for its stakeholders. Changeability includes the non-functional requirements for adaptability, flexibility, modifiability and robustness. Purposeful design requires an understanding of each of these requirements and how to measure and evaluate each as part of an integrated systems design.

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Adams, K.M. (2015). Adaptability, Flexibility, Modifiability and Scalability, and Robustness. In: Nonfunctional Requirements in Systems Analysis and Design. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 28. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18344-2_9

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