bmad-method 6.0.0-alpha.0 → 6.0.0-alpha.1

package/src/modules/bmm/workflows/testarch/nfr-assess/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,469 @@
+# Non-Functional Requirements Assessment Workflow
+
+**Workflow ID:** `testarch-nfr`
+**Agent:** Test Architect (TEA)
+**Command:** `bmad tea *nfr-assess`
+
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+The **nfr-assess** workflow performs a comprehensive assessment of non-functional requirements (NFRs) to validate that the implementation meets performance, security, reliability, and maintainability standards before release. It uses evidence-based validation with deterministic PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL rules and provides actionable recommendations for remediation.
+
+**Key Features:**
+
+- Assess multiple NFR categories (performance, security, reliability, maintainability, custom)
+- Validate NFRs against defined thresholds from tech specs, PRD, or defaults
+- Classify status deterministically (PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL) based on evidence
+- Never guess thresholds - mark as CONCERNS if unknown
+- Generate CI/CD-ready YAML snippets for quality gates
+- Provide quick wins and recommended actions for remediation
+- Create evidence checklists for gaps
+
+---
+
+## When to Use This Workflow
+
+Use `*nfr-assess` when you need to:
+
+- ✅ Validate non-functional requirements before release
+- ✅ Assess performance against defined thresholds
+- ✅ Verify security requirements are met
+- ✅ Validate reliability and error handling
+- ✅ Check maintainability standards (coverage, quality, documentation)
+- ✅ Generate NFR assessment reports for stakeholders
+- ✅ Create gate-ready metrics for CI/CD pipelines
+
+**Typical Timing:**
+
+- Before release (validate all NFRs)
+- Before PR merge (validate critical NFRs)
+- During sprint retrospectives (assess maintainability)
+- After performance testing (validate performance NFRs)
+- After security audit (validate security NFRs)
+
+---
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+**Required:**
+
+- Implementation deployed locally or accessible for evaluation
+- Evidence sources available (test results, metrics, logs, CI results)
+
+**Recommended:**
+
+- NFR requirements defined in tech-spec.md, PRD.md, or story
+- Test results from performance, security, reliability tests
+- Application metrics (response times, error rates, throughput)
+- CI/CD pipeline results for burn-in validation
+
+**Halt Conditions:**
+
+- NFR targets are undefined and cannot be obtained → Halt and request definition
+- Implementation is not accessible for evaluation → Halt and request deployment
+
+---
+
+## Usage
+
+### Basic Usage (BMad Mode)
+
+```bash
+bmad tea *nfr-assess
+```
+
+The workflow will:
+
+1. Read tech-spec.md for NFR requirements
+2. Gather evidence from test results, metrics, logs
+3. Assess each NFR category against thresholds
+4. Generate NFR assessment report
+5. Save to `bmad/output/nfr-assessment.md`
+
+### Standalone Mode (No Tech Spec)
+
+```bash
+bmad tea *nfr-assess --feature-name "User Authentication"
+```
+
+### Custom Configuration
+
+```bash
+bmad tea *nfr-assess \
+  --assess-performance true \
+  --assess-security true \
+  --assess-reliability true \
+  --assess-maintainability true \
+  --performance-response-time-ms 500 \
+  --security-score-min 85
+```
+
+---
+
+## Workflow Steps
+
+1. **Load Context** - Read tech spec, PRD, knowledge base fragments
+2. **Identify NFRs** - Determine categories and thresholds
+3. **Gather Evidence** - Read test results, metrics, logs, CI results
+4. **Assess NFRs** - Apply deterministic PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL rules
+5. **Identify Actions** - Quick wins, recommended actions, monitoring hooks
+6. **Generate Deliverables** - NFR assessment report, gate YAML, evidence checklist
+
+---
+
+## Outputs
+
+### NFR Assessment Report (`nfr-assessment.md`)
+
+Comprehensive markdown file with:
+
+- Executive summary (overall status, critical issues)
+- Assessment by category (performance, security, reliability, maintainability)
+- Evidence for each NFR (test results, metrics, thresholds)
+- Status classification (PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL)
+- Quick wins section
+- Recommended actions section
+- Evidence gaps checklist
+
+### Gate YAML Snippet (Optional)
+
+```yaml
+nfr_assessment:
+  date: '2025-10-14'
+  categories:
+    performance: 'PASS'
+    security: 'CONCERNS'
+    reliability: 'PASS'
+    maintainability: 'PASS'
+  overall_status: 'CONCERNS'
+  critical_issues: 0
+  high_priority_issues: 1
+  concerns: 1
+  blockers: false
+```
+
+### Evidence Checklist (Optional)
+
+- List of NFRs with missing or incomplete evidence
+- Owners for evidence collection
+- Suggested evidence sources
+- Deadlines for evidence collection
+
+---
+
+## NFR Categories
+
+### Performance
+
+**Criteria:** Response time, throughput, resource usage, scalability
+**Thresholds (Default):**
+
+- Response time p95: 500ms
+- Throughput: 100 RPS
+- CPU usage: < 70%
+- Memory usage: < 80%
+
+**Evidence Sources:** Load test results, APM data, Lighthouse reports, Playwright traces
+
+---
+
+### Security
+
+**Criteria:** Authentication, authorization, data protection, vulnerability management
+**Thresholds (Default):**
+
+- Security score: >= 85/100
+- Critical vulnerabilities: 0
+- High vulnerabilities: < 3
+- MFA enabled
+
+**Evidence Sources:** SAST results, DAST results, dependency scanning, pentest reports
+
+---
+
+### Reliability
+
+**Criteria:** Availability, error handling, fault tolerance, disaster recovery
+**Thresholds (Default):**
+
+- Uptime: >= 99.9%
+- Error rate: < 0.1%
+- MTTR: < 15 minutes
+- CI burn-in: 100 consecutive runs
+
+**Evidence Sources:** Uptime monitoring, error logs, CI burn-in results, chaos tests
+
+---
+
+### Maintainability
+
+**Criteria:** Code quality, test coverage, documentation, technical debt
+**Thresholds (Default):**
+
+- Test coverage: >= 80%
+- Code quality: >= 85/100
+- Technical debt: < 5%
+- Documentation: >= 90%
+
+**Evidence Sources:** Coverage reports, static analysis, documentation audit, test review
+
+---
+
+## Assessment Rules
+
+### PASS ✅
+
+- Evidence exists AND meets or exceeds threshold
+- No concerns flagged in evidence
+- Quality is acceptable
+
+### CONCERNS ⚠️
+
+- Threshold is UNKNOWN (not defined)
+- Evidence is MISSING or INCOMPLETE
+- Evidence is close to threshold (within 10%)
+- Evidence shows intermittent issues
+
+### FAIL ❌
+
+- Evidence exists BUT does not meet threshold
+- Critical evidence is MISSING
+- Evidence shows consistent failures
+- Quality is unacceptable
+
+---
+
+## Configuration
+
+### workflow.yaml Variables
+
+```yaml
+variables:
+  # NFR categories to assess
+  assess_performance: true
+  assess_security: true
+  assess_reliability: true
+  assess_maintainability: true
+
+  # Custom NFR categories
+  custom_nfr_categories: '' # e.g., "accessibility,compliance"
+
+  # Evidence sources
+  test_results_dir: '{project-root}/test-results'
+  metrics_dir: '{project-root}/metrics'
+  logs_dir: '{project-root}/logs'
+  include_ci_results: true
+
+  # Thresholds
+  performance_response_time_ms: 500
+  performance_throughput_rps: 100
+  security_score_min: 85
+  reliability_uptime_pct: 99.9
+  maintainability_coverage_pct: 80
+
+  # Assessment configuration
+  use_deterministic_rules: true
+  never_guess_thresholds: true
+  require_evidence: true
+  suggest_monitoring: true
+
+  # Output configuration
+  output_file: '{output_folder}/nfr-assessment.md'
+  generate_gate_yaml: true
+  generate_evidence_checklist: true
+```
+
+---
+
+## Knowledge Base Integration
+
+This workflow automatically loads relevant knowledge fragments:
+
+- `nfr-criteria.md` - Non-functional requirements criteria
+- `ci-burn-in.md` - CI/CD burn-in patterns for reliability
+- `test-quality.md` - Test quality expectations (maintainability)
+- `playwright-config.md` - Performance configuration patterns
+
+---
+
+## Examples
+
+### Example 1: Full NFR Assessment Before Release
+
+```bash
+bmad tea *nfr-assess
+```
+
+**Output:**
+
+```markdown
+# NFR Assessment - Story 1.3
+
+**Overall Status:** PASS ✅ (No blockers)
+
+## Performance Assessment
+
+- Response Time p95: PASS ✅ (320ms < 500ms threshold)
+- Throughput: PASS ✅ (250 RPS > 100 RPS threshold)
+
+## Security Assessment
+
+- Authentication: PASS ✅ (MFA enforced)
+- Data Protection: PASS ✅ (AES-256 + TLS 1.3)
+
+## Reliability Assessment
+
+- Uptime: PASS ✅ (99.95% > 99.9% threshold)
+- Error Rate: PASS ✅ (0.05% < 0.1% threshold)
+
+## Maintainability Assessment
+
+- Test Coverage: PASS ✅ (87% > 80% threshold)
+- Code Quality: PASS ✅ (92/100 > 85/100 threshold)
+
+Gate Status: PASS ✅ - Ready for release
+```
+
+### Example 2: NFR Assessment with Concerns
+
+```bash
+bmad tea *nfr-assess --feature-name "User Authentication"
+```
+
+**Output:**
+
+```markdown
+# NFR Assessment - User Authentication
+
+**Overall Status:** CONCERNS ⚠️ (1 HIGH issue)
+
+## Security Assessment
+
+### Authentication Strength
+
+- **Status:** CONCERNS ⚠️
+- **Threshold:** MFA enabled for all users
+- **Actual:** MFA optional (not enforced)
+- **Evidence:** Security audit (security-audit-2025-10-14.md)
+- **Recommendation:** HIGH - Enforce MFA for all new accounts
+
+## Quick Wins
+
+1. **Enforce MFA (Security)** - HIGH - 4 hours
+   - Add configuration flag to enforce MFA
+   - No code changes needed
+
+Gate Status: CONCERNS ⚠️ - Address HIGH priority issues before release
+```
+
+### Example 3: Performance-Only Assessment
+
+```bash
+bmad tea *nfr-assess \
+  --assess-performance true \
+  --assess-security false \
+  --assess-reliability false \
+  --assess-maintainability false
+```
+
+---
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### "NFR thresholds not defined"
+
+- Check tech-spec.md for NFR requirements
+- Check PRD.md for product-level SLAs
+- Check story file for feature-specific requirements
+- If thresholds truly unknown, mark as CONCERNS and recommend defining them
+
+### "No evidence found"
+
+- Check evidence directories (test-results, metrics, logs)
+- Check CI/CD pipeline for test results
+- If evidence truly missing, mark NFR as "NO EVIDENCE" and recommend generating it
+
+### "CONCERNS status but no threshold exceeded"
+
+- CONCERNS is correct when threshold is UNKNOWN or evidence is MISSING/INCOMPLETE
+- CONCERNS is also correct when evidence is close to threshold (within 10%)
+- Document why CONCERNS was assigned in assessment report
+
+### "FAIL status blocks release"
+
+- This is intentional - FAIL means critical NFR not met
+- Recommend remediation actions with specific steps
+- Re-run assessment after remediation
+
+---
+
+## Integration with Other Workflows
+
+- **testarch-test-design** → `*nfr-assess` - Define NFR requirements, then assess
+- **testarch-framework** → `*nfr-assess` - Set up frameworks, then validate NFRs
+- **testarch-ci** → `*nfr-assess` - Configure CI, then assess reliability with burn-in
+- `*nfr-assess` → **testarch-trace (Phase 2)** - Assess NFRs, then apply quality gates
+- `*nfr-assess` → **testarch-test-review** - Assess maintainability, then review tests
+
+---
+
+## Best Practices
+
+1. **Never Guess Thresholds**
+   - If threshold is unknown, mark as CONCERNS
+   - Recommend defining threshold in tech-spec.md
+   - Don't infer thresholds from similar features
+
+2. **Evidence-Based Assessment**
+   - Every assessment must be backed by evidence
+   - Mark NFRs without evidence as "NO EVIDENCE"
+   - Don't assume or infer - require explicit evidence
+
+3. **Deterministic Rules**
+   - Apply PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL consistently
+   - Document reasoning for each classification
+   - Use same rules across all NFR categories
+
+4. **Actionable Recommendations**
+   - Provide specific steps, not generic advice
+   - Include priority, effort estimate, owner suggestion
+   - Focus on quick wins first
+
+5. **Gate Integration**
+   - Enable `generate_gate_yaml` for CI/CD integration
+   - Use YAML snippets in pipeline quality gates
+   - Export metrics for dashboard visualization
+
+---
+
+## Quality Gates
+
+| Status      | Criteria                     | Action                      |
+| ----------- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------- |
+| PASS ✅     | All NFRs have PASS status    | Ready for release           |
+| CONCERNS ⚠️ | Any NFR has CONCERNS status  | Address before next release |
+| FAIL ❌     | Critical NFR has FAIL status | Do not release - BLOCKER    |
+
+---
+
+## Related Commands
+
+- `bmad tea *test-design` - Define NFR requirements and test plan
+- `bmad tea *framework` - Set up performance/security testing frameworks
+- `bmad tea *ci` - Configure CI/CD for NFR validation
+- `bmad tea *trace` (Phase 2) - Apply quality gates using NFR assessment metrics
+- `bmad tea *test-review` - Review test quality (maintainability NFR)
+
+---
+
+## Resources
+
+- [Instructions](./instructions.md) - Detailed workflow steps
+- [Checklist](./checklist.md) - Validation checklist
+- [Template](./nfr-report-template.md) - NFR assessment report template
+- [Knowledge Base](../../testarch/knowledge/) - NFR criteria and best practices
+
+---
+
+<!-- Powered by BMAD-CORE™ -->