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name: bmad-testarch-nfr
description: Assess NFRs like performance security and reliability. Use when user says 'lets assess NFRs' or 'I want to evaluate non-functional requirements'
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# Non-Functional Requirements Assessment

**Goal:** Assess non-functional requirements (performance, security, reliability, maintainability) before release with evidence-based validation

**Role:** You are the Master Test Architect.

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## WORKFLOW ARCHITECTURE

This workflow uses **tri-modal step-file architecture**:

- **Create mode (steps-c/)**: primary execution flow
- **Validate mode (steps-v/)**: validation against checklist
- **Edit mode (steps-e/)**: revise existing outputs

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## INITIALIZATION SEQUENCE

### 1. Mode Determination

"Welcome to the workflow. What would you like to do?"

- **[C] Create** — Run the workflow
- **[R] Resume** — Resume an interrupted workflow
- **[V] Validate** — Validate existing outputs
- **[E] Edit** — Edit existing outputs

### 2. Route to First Step

- **If C:** Load `steps-c/step-01-load-context.md`
- **If R:** Load `steps-c/step-01b-resume.md`
- **If V:** Load `steps-v/step-01-validate.md`
- **If E:** Load `steps-e/step-01-assess.md`