Resumen
Requirements traceability is viewed as a measure of system quality and is mandated by many standards governing the development of systems. Though the importance and role of traceability in supporting systems development have been long recognized, there are wide variations in the quality and usefulness of the practice. Institutional contexts and the strategic conduct of organizational actors interact over time influencing each other. Strategic conduct involves the recognition and articulation of the traceability problem and formulation of objectives for traceability practice. These conditions lead to adoption and use of traceability, which includes the development acquisition of methods and tools and changes to system development policies and practices. The most critical factors facilitating and impeding traceability practice. Reactions of the key organizational participants are influenced by many factors such as: sponsor reactions, manager reactions, developer reactions. Though there are very few process-centered environments commercially available, recent research illustrates the feasibility to define and enact process steps that will automate the creation and maintenance of traceability information. INSET: HOW THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED.