Improving Traceability of Requirements through Qualitative Data Analysis [SE 2015]

Abstract: Traceability is an important quality aspect in modern software development. It facilitates the documentation of decisions and helps identifying conflicts regarding the conformity of one artifact to another. We propose a new approach to requirements engineering that utilizes qualitative research methods, which have been well established in the domain of social science. Our approach integrates traceability between the original documentation and the requirements specification and the domain model and glossary and supports adaptability to change.

Keywords: Requirements analysis, requirements traceability, qualitative data analysis

Reference: Andreas Kaufmann, Dirk Riehle. “Improving Traceability of Requirements through Qualitative Data Analysis.” In Proceedings of the 2015 Software Engineering Konferenz (SE 2015). Springer Verlag. Pages 165-170.

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