Analyzing Tools and Techniques for Evaluating Requirements Traceability

Shoaib Hassan; Qianmu Li; Affan Yasin; Muhammad Zubair

doi:10.1109/INMIC60434.2023.10465703

Analyzing Tools and Techniques for Evaluating Requirements Traceability

Shoaib Hassan^*
, Qianmu Li
, Affan Yasin
, Muhammad Zubair

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Requirements change throughout the software development lifecycle, from requirement elicitation and analysis to software operation. Software requirements can be traced back to their source and shown to depend on one another. According to studies, the tools and techniques for the present traceability methodologies need to be revised to prevent the practical application of traceability. We analyzed evaluation techniques and requirements traceability tools in this article to determine whether evaluation techniques are truly being used and supported by software tools. As a result, we noted no connection between the approaches and tools examined and that some criteria, such as stakeholder communication, difficulty of tools, and requirement stability, needed to be better considered in the evaluated tools.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350317701
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INMIC60434.2023.10465703
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023 - Lahore, Pakistan Duration: 17 Nov 2023 → 18 Nov 2023

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Name	2023 25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023 - Proceedings

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Conference	25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023
Country/Territory	Pakistan
City	Lahore
Period	17/11/23 → 18/11/23

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© 2023 IEEE.

Keywords

Requirements Engineering
Requirements Traceability
Traceability Techniques
Traceability Tools

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Ceramics and Composites
Control and Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science Applications
Modeling and Simulation
Instrumentation

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Hassan, S., Li, Q., Yasin, A., & Zubair, M. (2023). Analyzing Tools and Techniques for Evaluating Requirements Traceability. In 2023 25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023 - Proceedings (2023 25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/INMIC60434.2023.10465703

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Hassan, S, Li, Q, Yasin, A & Zubair, M 2023, Analyzing Tools and Techniques for Evaluating Requirements Traceability. in 2023 25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023 - Proceedings. 2023 25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023, Lahore, Pakistan, 17/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/INMIC60434.2023.10465703

Analyzing Tools and Techniques for Evaluating Requirements Traceability. / Hassan, Shoaib; Li, Qianmu; Yasin, Affan et al.
2023 25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (2023 25th International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2023 - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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