An awesome and epochal event in the software testing world!. Today ISO approved a new edition of the Software Quality Model description ISO 250401:2020 - a logical successor to the standard ISO 25010:2011!
Additionally to the well-known 8 quality characteristics:
Functional suitability
Performance efficiency
Compatibility
Usability
Reliability
Security
Maintainability
Portability
One more non-functional characteristic is added: Awesomeness - the measure of how awesome the software is!
In order to be able to measure this characteristic objectively, standard defines the following attributes of this characteristic:
virality - the speed of app distribution between users
popularity - marks on the distribution platforms (e.g. Google Play or App Store)
pleasantness - number of positive emotions experienced by users while working with the app
comments - correlation between positive and negative comments about the app on the Internet
What do you think about this update? Ready to design new types of Tests for it?