TY - GEN
T1 - On human analyst performance in assisted requirements tracing
T2 - 2011 IEEE 19th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2011
AU - Dekhtyar, Alex
AU - Dekhtyar, Olga
AU - Holden, Jeff
AU - Hayes, Jane Huffman
AU - Cuddeback, David
AU - Kong, Wei Keat
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Assisted requirements tracing is a process in which a human analyst validates candidate traces produced by an automated requirements tracing method or tool. The assisted requirements tracing process splits the difference between the commonly applied time-consuming, tedious, and error-prone manual tracing and the automated requirements tracing procedures that are a focal point of academic studies. In fact, in software assurance scenarios, assisted requirements tracing is the only way in which tracing can be at least partially automated. In this paper, we present the results of an extensive 12 month study of assisted tracing, conducted using three different tracing processes at two different sites. We describe the information collected about each study participant and their work on the tracing task, and apply statistical analysis to study which factors have the largest effect on the quality of the final trace.
AB - Assisted requirements tracing is a process in which a human analyst validates candidate traces produced by an automated requirements tracing method or tool. The assisted requirements tracing process splits the difference between the commonly applied time-consuming, tedious, and error-prone manual tracing and the automated requirements tracing procedures that are a focal point of academic studies. In fact, in software assurance scenarios, assisted requirements tracing is the only way in which tracing can be at least partially automated. In this paper, we present the results of an extensive 12 month study of assisted tracing, conducted using three different tracing processes at two different sites. We describe the information collected about each study participant and their work on the tracing task, and apply statistical analysis to study which factors have the largest effect on the quality of the final trace.
KW - human factors
KW - traceability
KW - tracing
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U2 - 10.1109/RE.2011.6051649
DO - 10.1109/RE.2011.6051649
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:82455198987
SN - 9781457709234
T3 - Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 19th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2011
SP - 111
EP - 120
BT - Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 19th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2011
Y2 - 29 August 2011 through 2 September 2011
ER -