Information Retrieval based requirement traceability recovery approaches- A systematic literature review

MUHAMMAD SALEEM, Nasir Mehmood Minhas
2018 University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology  
Abstract: The term traceability is an important concept regarding software development. It enables software engineers to trace requirements from their origin to fulfillment. Maintaining traceability manually is a time consuming and expensive job. Information retrieval methods provide a mean of automation for requirement traceability. A visible number of IR based traceability techniques have been proposed in the literature, but the adoption of these techniques in the industry is limited. In this
more » ... paper, we examine the information retrieval-based traceability recovery approaches through systematic literature review. We presented a synthesis of these techniques. We also identified challenges that are potentially limiting the adoption of IR based traceability recovery approaches. We conclude that term mismatch is a major barrier faced by IR based approaches. We also did classify the approaches that are attempting to solve the term mismatch problem.
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