2.1 Requirements traceability

Requirements traceability means that related requirements are linked in some way and that requirements are (perhaps) linked to their source

• Traceability is a property of a requirements specification which reflects the ease of finding related requirements Some CASE tools provide traceability support facilities. For example, they may be able to find all requirements which use the same terms

2.1.0.0 Traceability techniques  

• Assign a unique number to all requirements
• Cross-reference related requirements using this unique number
• Produce a cross-reference matrix for each requirements document showing related requirements. Several matrices may be necessary for different types of relationship