Quality Attribute Requirement Construction Workbench¶

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About This MicroSim¶

A workbench for turning a vague quality statement into a well-formed six-part stimulus-response requirement. A live Quality Meter scores specificity and an assessment panel judges whether the requirement is ATAM-ready.

How to Use¶

Fill in the six fields (or Load an example), and watch the Quality Meter respond to how specific and measurable your content is. Green dots mark fields with measurable content. The assessment panel detects the quality attribute and gives an ATAM-readiness verdict.

Iframe Embed Code¶

You can add this MicroSim to any web page by adding this to your HTML:

<iframe src="https://dmccreary.github.io/atam/sims/qa-requirement-workbench/main.html"
        width="100%"
        scrolling="no"></iframe>

Lesson Plan¶

Grade Level¶

Undergraduate / Professional

Duration¶

10-15 minutes

Prerequisites¶

Familiarity with quality attribute scenarios.

Bloom's Taxonomy Level¶

Apply (L3)

Learning Objective¶

Students can take a vague quality statement and transform it into a well-formed six-component stimulus-response requirement suitable for ATAM scenario construction.

Activities¶

Exploration (5 min): Students freely interact with the MicroSim to discover its behavior.
Guided Practice (5 min): Working from the learning objective above, students answer 2-3 focused questions posed by the instructor.
Discussion (5 min): Students share observations and connect them back to ATAM concepts.

Assessment¶

Give students a vague statement ("the system must be fast") and ask them to reach a 90%+ Quality Meter score.

References¶

Bass, L., Clements, P., & Kazman, R. (2021). Software Architecture in Practice (4th ed.). Addison-Wesley.
Kazman, R., Klein, M., & Clements, P. (2000). ATAM: Method for Architecture Evaluation (CMU/SEI-2000-TR-004).