Architectural Quality Attributes — Roadmap Step & Resources
The '-ilities': scalability, maintainability, availability, testability, security and performance as design drivers
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: System Architecture
Before this step
Mini projects
- Write a one-page quality attribute scenario table for a hypothetical booking system
Interview questions
- How do you prioritize competing quality attributes like performance vs maintainability?
Study resources
- Quality Attributes in Software Architecture (PDF) — The Software Engineering Institute's foundational technical report on architectural quality attributes.
- Non-Functional Requirements Explained (Video) — A practical explanation of the '-ilities' that drive architecture decisions.
Part of
- Software Architecture Foundations — section
- System Architecture roadmap — the full learning path