REQUIREMENTS TRACEABILITY - THEORY AND PRACTICE

Current literature as well as standards that mandate requirements trac eability do not provide a comprehensive model of what information shou ld be captured and used as a part of a traceability scheme, leading to wide variation in the quality and usefulness of traceability practice across systems development efforts. In this paper, we present a frame work for representing and developing a traceability scheme. The experi ences of an organization using traceability as an important component of a quality software engineering process are discussed. Models descri bing the traceability practice in the organization, as well as issues and lessons learned, both from organizational and technical perspectiv es, from implementing a comprehensive traceability practice are presen ted.