CCBA® and CBAP® Certifications Study Guide

Element 3: Planning a traceability approach

The traceability of requirements is all about being able to trace requirements in different ways and for different purposes. One of the most common reasons for tracing requirements is to be able to keep track of the requirement’s status or progress during the life cycle of the project. This is because it is important to be able to validate at the end of a project whether a particular requirement was implemented or not by referring back to the requirement’s life cycle during the project.

It can, however, in some environments or projects, happen that the value of knowing the exact life cycle of each and every detailed requirement is not high enough to justify the time and effort spent to keep track ...