Factors influencing requirements traceability practice
Factors influencing requirements traceability practice
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影响需求追溯实践的因素
DOI：
10.1145/290133.290147
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发表时间：
1998
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B. Ramesh
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作者：
B. Ramesh
影响需求可追溯性实践R设备可追溯性被视为系统质量的衡量标准，并受到管理系统开发的许多标准(例如，MIL-STD-498)的强制要求。尽管可追溯性在支持系统开发中的重要性和作用早已得到认可，但在实践的质量和有用性方面仍存在很大差异[7]。环境、组织和技术因素影响需求可跟踪性的实现。在本文中，我们确定并讨论这些影响如何影响可追溯性的采用和使用。本文中报告的结果基于四年来进行的一系列经验研究的数据，这些研究的目标是捕获需求跟踪方面的当前实践和趋势，开发参考模型来指导改进的实践，并了解促进或阻碍跟踪实践的因素。本文探讨的主要研究问题是：影响需求可跟踪性实践的关键因素是什么？这项研究是在理解采用Orlikowski开发的CASE工具相关问题的理论框架的指导下进行的[5]。这一框架采用扎根理论方法开发，考虑了广泛的因素，包括社会背景、参与者的动机和行动以及系统开发中的实施过程。我们对图1所示的基本框架的适应可以简单地解释如下：机构背景和组织行为者的战略行为随着时间的推移相互作用，相互影响。Balasubramaniam Ramesh从一项全面的调查中发现了激励用户使用可追溯性实践的主要问题--或者不使用。
Influencing Requirements Traceability Practice R equirements traceability is viewed as a measure of system quality and is mandated by many standards governing the development of systems (for example, MIL–STD-498). Though the importance and role of traceability in supporting systems development have been long recognized, there are wide variations in the quality and usefulness of the practice [7]. Environmental, organizational, and technical factors influence the implementation of requirements traceability. In this article, we identify and discuss how such influences impact the adoption and use of traceability. The results reported in this article are based on data from a series of empirical studies conducted over four years with the goals of capturing the current practices and trends in requirements traceability, developing reference models to guide improved practice, and understanding the factors that facilitate or impede traceability practice. The primary research question explored in this article is: What are the critical factors that influence the practice of requirements traceability? The study is guided by the theoretical framework for understanding the issues around the adoption of CASE tools developed by Orlikowski [5]. This framework, developed using the grounded theory approach, considers a wide range of factors, including the social context, the motivations and actions of the participants, and the implementation process in systems development. Our adaptation of the basic framework, presented in Figure 1, can be explained in brief as follows: Institutional contexts and the strategic conduct of organizational actors interact over time influencing each other. Balasubramaniam Ramesh Findings from a comprehensive survey identify the major issues that motivate users to employ traceability practices— or not.