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Non Functional Requirements

Requirements describing how a system behaves (performance, security, reliability) rather than what it does.

SAFe formalizes as NFRs tracked across Portfolio, Solution, ART, and Team backlogs. Elsewhere, NFRs are typically embedded in the Definition of Done.

Across the Frameworks

Scrum
Implicit

Usually in DoD.

SAFe
Native

Formal NFR category.

LeSS
Implicit

Concept present but not named.

Nexus
Implicit

Concept present but not named.

Related Terms

Present in Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, Nexus.