Predominant quality attributes in evaluating software architecture and addressing scenario coverage problem

The quality of the software is measured primarily against the degree to which user requirements, such as correctness, reliability and usability are met. The use of a well defined model of the software development process and good analysis, design and implementation techniques are prerequisite to ensuring quality. Software Quality Attributes are the benchmarks that describe system's intended behavior within the environment for which it was built. The quality attributes provide the means for measuring the fitness and suitability of a product. Essential quality attributes need to be characterized in a system-specific way. Most of the Software architecture evaluation methods were not addressing the essential quality attributes. This paper present a report collected from large software firms which gives set quality attributes playing a vital role in getting quality software.