Findability through Traceability - A Realistic Application of Candidate Trace Links?
(2012) The 7th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering p.173-181- Abstract
- Since software development is of a dynamic nature, the impact analysis is an inevitable work task. Traceability is known as one factor that supports this task, and several researchers have proposed traceability recovery tools to propose trace links in an existing system. However, these semi-automatic tools have not yet proven useful
in industrial applications. Based on an established automation model, we analyzed the potential value of such a tool. We based our analysis on a pilot case study of an impact analysis process in a safety-critical development context, and argue that traceability recovery should be considered an investment in findability. Moreover, several risks involved in an increased level of impact analysis... (More) - Since software development is of a dynamic nature, the impact analysis is an inevitable work task. Traceability is known as one factor that supports this task, and several researchers have proposed traceability recovery tools to propose trace links in an existing system. However, these semi-automatic tools have not yet proven useful
in industrial applications. Based on an established automation model, we analyzed the potential value of such a tool. We based our analysis on a pilot case study of an impact analysis process in a safety-critical development context, and argue that traceability recovery should be considered an investment in findability. Moreover, several risks involved in an increased level of impact analysis automation are already plaguing the state-of-practice work flow. Consequently, deploying a traceability recovery tool involves a lower degree of
change than has previously been acknowledged. (Less)
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- author
- Borg, Markus LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Traceability, Impact Analysis, Information Seeking, Findability, Human Computer Interaction, Automation.
- host publication
- ENASE 2012 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering
- pages
- 173 - 181
- publisher
- SciTePress
- conference name
- The 7th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering
- conference location
- Wroclaw, Poland
- conference dates
- 2012-06-29
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84867490512
- ISBN
- 978-989-8565-13-6
- project
- Embedded Applications Software Engineering
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- b1aaf74e-ffbf-47b2-9bdf-b4bc03d2480b (old id 2857170)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 10:52:08
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- 2022-01-29 20:58:33
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