What is Traceability Matrix and why it is used?

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Can anyone help me to tell about Traceability Matrix and why it is used...

Dharmendra Gaur · Answer

Hello James... Thanx for your reply.... Traceability Matrix is used for both SDLC(Software Development Life Cycle) as well as Test Life Cycle. In Test Life Cycle it is used to check in test cases whether Product meets software Requirement or not.... But what is its use in SDLC.... and if there is some modifications in SRS according to client's requirements then how it performs....

Dharmendra Gaur · Answer

Thanx for your support and for those links James Which are really useful for anyone who want to know about Traceability Matrix.

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

Check out the articles: http://productdevelop.blogspot.com/2007/11/software-traceability-matrix.html http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/writing/softwarerequirementspecs.html

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

Traceability matrix is used to map between requirements and test cases it is used to check all requirements are covered or not? Tracabilty Matrix is a document which is used to Map the UseCase and testcases.i.e.it shows the full usecase on one side and names the respective testCases in which the flows of that usecase are covered. Check Out the following articles: http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/implementation/archives/traceability-matrix-5432