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A streamlined, cost-effective database approach to manage requirements traceability

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Requirements traceability offers many benefits to software projects, and it has been identified as critical for successful development. However, numerous challenges exist in the implementation of traceability in the software engineering industry. Some of these challenges can be overcome through organizational policy and procedure changes, but the lack of cost-effective traceability models and tools remains an open problem. A novel, cost-effective solution for the traceability tool problem is proposed, prototyped, and tested in a case study using an actual software project. Metrics from the case study are presented to demonstrate the viability of the proposed solution for the traceability tool problem. The results show that the proposed method offers significant advantages over implementing traceability manually or using existing commercial traceability approaches.

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  1. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66049, USA

    Hossein Saiedian

  2. Innovative Systems, Mitchell, SD, 57301, USA

    Andrew Kannenberg

  3. Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, 48221, USA

    Serhiy Morozov

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Saiedian, H., Kannenberg, A. & Morozov, S. A streamlined, cost-effective database approach to manage requirements traceability. Software Qual J 21, 23–38 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-011-9166-3

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