8. Requirements Traceability
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Requirements traceability is a key to successful software development.
NOTE
This chapter assumes some knowledge of an object-oriented software development process, such as the RUP, Object Modeling Technique (OMT), or something similar.
One reason for the success of use cases in requirements is effective traceability. We define the term as follows:
traceability: clarity of linkage between artifacts
Use cases, when used in the ...
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