A representation method to simplify traceability links between software artifacts

Author

Kitamura, Masayuki ; Takagi, Maki ; Yamada, Koji ; Sasaki, Jun

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Software & Inf. Sci., Iwate Prefectural Univ., Takizawa, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

22-24 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

140

Abstract

Requirement traceability is essential in verifying compatibility between software requirements and various work products in development phases. However, many organizations cannot employ traceability efficiently because of the large number and complex nature of traceability links. It is necessary to reduce the number and complexity of traceability links for effective verification. We propose a method with which to simplify the traceability links between software requirements and work products in software development processes. We describe the effectiveness of the proposed method in a case study tested of a real software development project.

Keywords

formal verification; program diagnostics; compatibility verification; large enterprise systems; real software development project; representation method; requirement traceability; software artifacts; software development processes; traceability link complexity; traceability link simplification; Complexity theory; Conferences; Couplings; Marine vehicles; Planning; Quality function deployment; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques (SoMeT), 2013 IEEE 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0419-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SoMeT.2013.6645647

Filename

6645647