Westfall-bidirectional.pdf (application/pdf-object) - Aurora. 200907-Kannenberg.pdf (application/pdf-object) - Aurora. An Introduction to Requirements Traceability > Business Analyst Community & Resources. I.
What is requirements traceability? Requirements traceability ensures that each business need is tied to an actual requirement, and that each requirement is tied to a deliverable. This is a valuable practice for the business analyst. According to A Guide to the Business Analyst’s Body of Knowledge, (BABOK 2.0), all requirements are “related to other requirements, to solution components, and to other artifacts such as test cases. . . . The goal of tracing is to ensure that requirements (and ultimately, solution components) are linked back to a business objective.” [1] In other words, traceability ensures that every requirement has a business purpose, and that no requirement is superfluous.