Towards a framework for improving requirement traceability

Abstract

Work regarding requirement traceability focuses on programming aspects instead of identifying, analysing and modelling all traceable data in a software project. This paper describes the development of a framework for improving software requirement traceability. The framework consisted of classifying traced information, defining and using relationship types regarding traced information, a set of guidelines for developing a requirements traceability model for a software project and using my management tool (MyMT tool) to support developing a requirement traceability model. A university library management system was used to illustrate applying the framework.

Keywords

• Traceability
• software quality
• reference model
• framework