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Operational aspects of a system

Users tend to be concerned with what a system does (features, functionality) and sysadmins tend to be concerned with the operational aspects of a system. I just noticed this great Wikipedia page that lists "Non-functional requirements" of a system.

Broadly, functional requirements define what a system is supposed to do whereas non-functional requirements define how a system is supposed to be. Functional requirements are usually in the form of "system shall do <requirement>", while non-functional requirements are "system shall be <requirement>".
I could see myself using this as a tool for jogging my memory when I'm trying to think of all the aspects of a system that I need to be concerned with either operationally or when writing requirements.

Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_system_quality_attributes

Posted by Tom Limoncelli in Professionalism

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