Product Management playbook/Module 7 · Engineering

Day 65 / 100 · Engineering · Non-functional requirements

How well, not just what.

Features describe what the product does. Non-functional requirements describe how well it has to do it, and they're easy to forget.

Performance

How fast is fast enough, for which users?

Reliability

What uptime do customers need? What happens when it fails?

Security

Who can see and do what? How is it attacked?

Privacy & compliance

What personal data is stored, where, and for how long?

Accessibility

Can everyone use it, including with assistive tech?

Scalability

What happens at ten times today's customers?

Quality is a requirement.