10. Quality Requirements

This chapter defines the quality attributes that the system must meet. These requirements ensure the system is reliable, maintainable, performant, and secure, supporting both University and technical needs. There are now concrete quality requirements for this project.

Quality Attributes

Quality Attribute

Description

Priority (High, Medium, Low)

Performance

The system must handle high-concurrency workloads and provide fast response times.

High

Scalability

The architecture must scale horizontally and vertically to support growing workloads.

High

Availability

The system should have high uptime, minimizing service disruptions.

High

Security

Data access must be controlled and encrypted.

High

Maintainability

The system must support continuous integration and automated deployments for easy updates.

Medium

Observability

Logs, metrics, and traces must be collected for real-time monitoring and debugging.

Medium

Usability

The user-facing components (Streamlit UI, API) should be intuitive and easy to use.

Medium