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As soon as Functional Requirements are specified in the SRS and you approved them, they are listed in a Traceability Matrix. Design Elements, Risks, Features, and test cases are traced to Functional Requirements and vise versa.
Bi-directional traceability between key elements of project scope (artifacts) gives a number of benefits to the project:
The Traceability Matrix is a very powerful instrument of time, cost and scope management.
Citation from our software development contract: Specification is a description of Deliverables that may include Functional and Non-functional Requirements to Deliverables from user perspective ("black-box"), design constraints, use-cases, Glossary, and external interfaces description (including graphical user interfaces, GUI). Wherever used, Specification means either one of the following: Effective Specification, Alpha-Specification or Beta-Specification. Specification is also referred to as "Software Requirements Specification (SRS)", "Scope Statement", or "Change Request".
Last update on Jan 26, 2011