Next-Generation Techniques for Tracking Design Requirements Coverage in Automatic Test Software Development

The increase in complexity of engineering projects, stronger competition and the need to reduce product lifecycles has led to the increased use of formalized In order to help trace relationships and store information, requirements and traceability applications were developed. Tracing and managing requirements can include many hidden costs that in some cases outweigh the benefits offered by requirements traceability. This technical document discusses a method that reduces the amount of resources and time necessary to trace requirements by including requirements coverage information in the software where requirements will be implemented. It also emphasizes the importance of easy-to-use graphical tools to specify the coverage relationships between elements and analyze the traceability information between requirements, their implementation and test results.