Title :
Traceability between requirements and design: a transformational approach
Author :
Börstler, Jürgen ; Janning, Thorsten
Author_Institution :
Lehrstuhl fuer Inf. III, Aachen Univ. of Technol., Germany
Abstract :
Modern computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools raise the need for traceability, i.e. the ability to control the consistency between software documents produced at different stages of the software life-cycle. The authors describe the transformation between an integrated requirements engineering language based on structured analysis and the entity relationship model, and a modern design language. The transformation works incrementally and is sensitive to changes to already transformed parts. The authors outline the transformation algorithm and compare the approach to those found in the literature. A tool which implements the proposed algorithm and supports the proposed traceability is described. The potential and the limits of this approach are highlighted
Keywords :
software metrics; software tools; structured programming; systems analysis; computer-aided software engineering; design; integrated requirements engineering language; requirements; software documents; software life-cycle; structured analysis; traceability; transformational approach; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer aided software engineering; Costs; Design engineering; Design for disassembly; Handicapped aids; Object oriented modeling; Software quality; Software systems; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1992. COMPSAC '92. Proceedings., Sixteenth Annual International
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3000-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPSAC.1992.217578