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Requirements Traceability
1.4.2001
Virve Leino
QURE Project
Software Business and Engineering Institute
Helsinki University of Technology
Contents
Definition of requirements traceability
Requirements traceability
A requirement is traceable if you can discover:
Pre-traceability Post-traceability
Forward traceability
Backward traceability
1
Sources like: 6 Verification
companies cases
standards
1) requirement-source 4) requirement-requirement
2) requirement-rationale 5) requirement-component
3) requirement-people 6) requirement-verification
HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
SoberIT
Software Business and Engineering Institute
Techniques to
Document Traceability Information 1/3
1. Identifiers
2. Attributes
3. List
4. Table
GCS-UI-1.1 The editor shall provide a grid facility where a matrix of horizontal and
vertical lines provide a background to the editor window.
GCS-UI-1.2 The numbers of units separating grid lines shall increase when used in the
reduce-to-fit mode.
X X
UI-5 X X
SAF-3 X
SAF-7 X
Tools to
Document Traceability Information
General purpose tools (eg. spreadsheet programs, word
processors, hypertext editors)
suitable for small and short term projects
Pre-traceability: Post-traceability: