ITPEC FE Morning April 2021 Question 65
In the verification of stakeholder requirements, which of the following indicates the ability to keep track of the process until the implementation of a change request?
Explanation
Traceability — the ability to follow a requirement, or a change to it, through to its implementation.
When stakeholder requirements are verified, each requirement must be linkable forward to the design, code and tests that realize it, and backward to the stakeholder who asked for it. For a change request, traceability lets you track it from the request through analysis and approval to the point where it is implemented, and see what else it affects.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- •(a) Interoperability — the ability of systems or components to exchange information and work together
- •(b) Maintainability — how easily the system can be corrected, modified or adapted; a quality of the product, not the tracking of requirements
- •(d) Usability — how effectively, efficiently and satisfactorily users can operate the system
Key rule: "Keep track of" or "trace from origin to implementation" points to traceability; the other "-ability" terms describe quality characteristics of the system itself.
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