RayTracer: traceability for software engineering

Author

Gardner, Forrest K.

Author_Institution

Missile Syst. Div., Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, MA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

7-9 Jun 1994

Firstpage

224

Lastpage

232

Abstract

This paper presents a tool called RayTracer which provides traceability services to the process of developing software. Advanced software engineering requires traceability services which satisfy the demands of software data, tools, and teams. Raytheon developed RayTracer to meet these needs and has applied it to 16 projects over the last five years. The paper first describes the benefits and needs of traceability when applied to software engineering, and then explains the concepts and components of RayTracer which satisfy these needs. Finally, we conclude with our experiences in using RayTracer which have resulted in some important enhancements

Keywords

configuration management; project support environments; software tools; RayTracer; advanced software engineering; anchor; data support; development tools; team support; tool support; traceability services; traceability tools; typed document; Application software; Data engineering; Maintenance engineering; Navigation; Packaging; Programming; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software packages; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Assessment of Quality Software Development Tools, 1994, Proceedings., Third Symposium on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5660-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AQSDT.1994.315749

Filename

315749