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TRAMA: Un modelo de Referencia y Arquitectura para la Gestión de la Trazabilidad

TRAMA: A Reference Model and Architecture for Traceability Management

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Resumen

La trazabilidad se define en el área de Ingeniería del Software como la capacidad para rastrear la evolución y transformación de requisitos en componentes de implementación. Sin embargo, el estado actual del arte en trazabilidad no tiene en cuenta muchos elementos de información que son relevantes para el proceso de ingeniería, especialmente aquéllos creados con anterioridad al surgimiento de los requisitos. Rastrear apropiadamente estos elementos de información y el conocimiento contenido en ellos podría ser de suma utilidad para otros procesos de ingeniería en la organización. En este trabajo se describe un modelo de referencia que establece un juego de definiciones, procesos y modelos que permiten una gestión apropiada de la trazabilidad y de sus usos posteriores, en un contexto más amplio que el del desarrollo de software.

Abstract

Traceability is defined in the area of Software Engineering as the capability to track the evolution and transformation of requirements into implementation components. However, the current state of the art in traceability does not account for many information items that are relevant for the engineering process, especially those created before requirements arise. Appropriately tracing these information items and the underlying knowledge they contain could be most useful for other organizational or engineering processes. In this work we describe a reference model that establishes a set of definitions, processes and models which allow a proper management of traceability and further uses of it, in a wider context than the one related to software development.

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Ingeniería de Software, trazabilidad, requirements ⓘ

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Software Engineering , traceability , requerimientos ⓘ - ⓘ - ⓘ

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