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REQUIREMENTS TRACEABILITY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND INDUSTRY CASE STUDY

RICHARD TORKAR

http://www.bth.se/com/serl Blekinge Institute of Technology, S-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden

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TONY GORSCHEK

http://www.bth.se/com/serl Blekinge Institute of Technology, S-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden

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ROBERT FELDT

http://www.bth.se/com/serl Blekinge Institute of Technology, S-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden

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MIKAEL SVAHNBERG

http://www.bth.se/com/serl Blekinge Institute of Technology, S-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden

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UZAIR AKBAR RAJA

http://www.bth.se/com/serl Blekinge Institute of Technology, S-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden

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KASHIF KAMRAN

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S021819401250009XCited by:45 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Requirements traceability enables software engineers to trace a requirement from its emergence to its fulfillment. In this paper we examine requirements traceability definitions, challenges, tools and techniques, by the use of a systematic review performing an exhaustive search through the years 1997–2007. We present a number of common definitions, challenges, available tools and techniques (presenting empirical evidence when found), while complementing the results and analysis with a static validation in industry through a series of interviews.

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