Construct quality attribute scenarios, as described below

QUALITY ATTRIBUTE SCENARIOS

A quality attribute scenario is a quality-attribute-specific requirement. It consists of six parts.

Source of stimulus. This is some entity (a human, a computer system, or any other actuator) that generated the stimulus.

Stimulus. The stimulus is a condition that needs to be considered when it arrives at a system.

Environment. The stimulus occurs within certain conditions. The system may be in an overload condition or may be running when the stimulus occurs, or some other condition may be true.

Artifact. Some artifact is stimulated. This may be the whole system or some pieces of it.

Response. The response is the activity undertaken after the arrival of the stimulus.

Response measure. When the response occurs, it should be measurable in some fashion so that the requirement can be tested.