What is Bidirectional Traceability and how it is
achieved?

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What is Bidirectional Traceability and how it is achieved? ..

Answer / anoop wilson

Ability to trace both backward and forward
* When requirements can be traced by code and code can be
traced by requirement
* Done througtout the development process
* To ensure that all the requirements are implemented in
the system

Agreed but the definition of Bi-directional Traceability is
that both vertical and Horizontal traceability is
maintained.

Horizontal Traceability is the traceability of requiremenst
across all the development phases Req-> Design->Module Spec-
>Unit Testing-> Module testing->Integration testing->
Systems testing

Vertical traceability is the traceability of the
requirements across modules or other requirements in the
product.This may not apply to all project / products
because this requiremenst was an outcome of having large
projects such as the ones executed by NASA and US Military.

Rashmi - i think you need to relook at the definition

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What is Bidirectional Traceability and how it is achieved? ..

Answer / vijayakumar g s

I feel the response from Wilson is the valid response. Any
road is bidirectional unless you prevent one direction by
putting a "NO Entry" board for one direction - meaning
tracing from requirements to code to test automatically
establishes trace from test to code to requirements , isn't
it?

Hence Horizontal & Vertical traceability is the correct
interpretation.

Unfortunately more than 95% of people who know CMMI and do
CMMI training dont know it correctly.

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What is Bidirectional Traceability and how it is achieved? ..

Answer / kamalnath

As posted by Anoop, Bidirectional traceability includes Horizontal and Vertical traceability. But the definition of both these is as follows.

Vertical Traceability: This is the traceability of work products from Requirements -> Design -> Code file -> Test cases

Hirozontal Traceability: This is the dependancy between the requirements. i.e this linkage will show is when there is a change in one requirement, how it affects other requirements in the list

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What is Bidirectional Traceability and how it is achieved? ..

Answer / shiva

when requirements are traced to test cases and vice versa
it is called bidirectional traceability.

any suggestions welcome

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What is Bidirectional Traceability and how it is achieved? ..

Answer / rashmi garg

* Ability to trace both backward and forward
* When requirements can be traced by code and code can be
traced by requirement
* Done througtout the development process
* To ensure that all the requirements are implemented in
the system

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