Continuous Assessment Of Software Traceability

Many guidelines for safety-critical industries, such as aeronautics, medical devices, and railway communications, specify that traceability must be used to demonstrate that a rigorous development process has been followed and to provide evidence that the developed system is safe for use. However, creating accurate and complete traceability is costly and remains a practical challenge. The significant cost and effort of the certification process makes it difficult to introduce changes once the product is certified. We propose an automated traceability assessment approach TRUST that can be used to assess software traceability in a continuous manner to ease the change process of certified products.