A Requirements-to-Implementation Mapping Tool for Requirements Traceability

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Jorge Esparteiro Garcia (Author) FEUP; Ana C. R. Paiva (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Software

Vol. 11 No. 2

Pages: 193-200

ISSN: 1796-217X

Publisher: Academy Publisher

Indexing

INSPEC

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Computer engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00K-5G9

DOI: 10.17706/jsw.11.2.193-200

Abstract (EN): Software quality is a major concern in software engineering, particularly when we are dealing with software services that must be available 24 hours a day, please the customer and be kept permanently. In software engineering, requirements management is one of the most important tasks that can influence the success of a software project. Maintain traceability information is a fundamental aspect in software engineering and can facilitate the process of software development and maintenance. This information can be used to support various activities such as analyzing the impact of changes and software verification and validation. However, traceability techniques are mainly used between requirements and software test cases. This paper presents a prototype of a tool that supports the mapping of functional requirements with the pages and HTML elements of a web site. This tool helps maintaining requirements traceability information updated and, ultimately, increasing the efficiency of requirements change management, which may contribute to the overall quality of the software service.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific