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7.2.1 A REQUIREMENT AND VERIFICATION TRACEABILITY TOOL
Author(s) -
Elmore Donald C.,
Cabrera Orlando J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1995.tb01873.x
Subject(s) - computer science , traceability , software engineering , documentation , requirements traceability , database , requirements analysis , systems engineering , engineering , programming language , software , requirement
This paper will present the background, development, and use of a requirement and verification traceability (RVT) tool for Systems Engineering. Beginning in the late 1980's, System Engineers in the Government Communication Systems Division of Harris Corporation began to develop an automated tool to support RVT. Working within the framework of our Total Quality Management (TQM) initiative, a team of System Engineers developed a tool that has been used on a multitude of programs. The RVT information is embedded in the program's documentation (specification, statement of work, interface control documents, etc.) and then a parser is used to populate a database. Once in the database, requirement and verification reports and matrices are generated using Structured Query Language (SQL). For several years, this tool has served the needs of our System Engineering staff and has received accolades from our customers.