With its hierarchical representation (see the diagram below), the ISO standard 25010:2023 provides a good checklist for top-level quality “topics”.
As a more practical alternative, consider the arc42 subproject “quality requirements examples” (see tip 1-15) for around 150 real-world examples of quality requirements.
Some common “quality topics” are:
- availability
- modifiability
- maintainability
- reliability / robustness
- performance (runtime efficiency)
- security
- safety
- usability
- testability