Configurability Requirements

Definition

Configurability Requirement

the user-oriented quality requirement that specifies a minimum required amount of the quality factor configurability

Objectives

The typical objectives of a configurability requirement are to ensure that the application or component will:

• Be internationalized to be usable in the required countries.
• Be personalized to support the specific needs of its specific users.
• Able to be delivered in various subsets.
• Exist in the required number of variants with different capabilities.

Types

The following are different types of configurability requirements:

• Internationalization Requirements.
• Personalization Requirements.
• Subsetability Requirements.
• Variant Capabilities Requirements.

Guidelines

The following guidelines have been found to be useful when producing configurability requirements:

• The scope of a configurability requirement can be:
  • A business enterprise
  • An application
  • A component
  • A center
  • A document
• See the individual guidelines associated with:
  • Internationalization Requirements.
  • Personalization Requirements.
  • Subsetability Requirements.
  • Variant Capabilities Requirements.