As part of a requirements gathering workshop, the customer provides the following requirements for the design of a new greenfield virtual infrastructure: - Some applications have a latency that must be less than 5 minutes. - The solution must be able to support a workload growth rate of 10% per year. Which requirement classification is being gathered for the design documentation?

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As part of a requirements gathering workshop, the customer provides the following requirements for the design of a new greenfield virtual infrastructure: - Some applications have a latency that must…

The correct answer is A. Performance. Option A is correct because both requirements describe how well the system must perform: latency (response speed) and growth capacity (scalability) are classic performance metrics used in infrastructure design documentation. Performance requirements define measurable thresholds…

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As part of a requirements gathering workshop, the customer provides the following requirements for the design of a new greenfield virtual infrastructure:

Some applications have a latency that must be less than 5 minutes.
The solution must be able to support a workload growth rate of 10% per year.

Which requirement classification is being gathered for the design documentation?

Options

APerformance
BManageability
CRecoverability
DAvailability

How the community answered

(25 responses)

A
88% (22)
C
4% (1)
D
8% (2)

Explanation

Option A is correct because both requirements describe how well the system must perform: latency (response speed) and growth capacity (scalability) are classic performance metrics used in infrastructure design documentation. Performance requirements define measurable thresholds - speed, throughput, and capacity - which is exactly what "less than 5 minutes latency" and "10% annual growth support" represent.

Why the distractors are wrong:

B. Manageability covers how easily administrators can operate, monitor, and configure the system - not speed or capacity.
C. Recoverability addresses how the system recovers from failure (think RTO/RPO), not how fast it responds under normal operation or how it scales.
D. Availability relates to uptime percentage (e.g., 99.9% SLA) - whether the system is accessible, not how fast or scalable it is.

Memory tip: Use the phrase "Performance = Speed + Scale" - whenever a requirement gives you a measurable threshold for response time or capacity growth, that's a Performance requirement. If the requirement were about uptime percentages, think Availability; if it were about backup/restore windows, think Recoverability.

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