Abstract Context: Traceability in Software Product Lines (SPL) is the ability to interrelate
software engineering artifacts through required links to answer specific questions related to …

In software product families, the full benefit of reuse can only be achieved if traceability of
requirements to architecture, components and further down to source code is supported …

Processes for develo** safety-critical systems impose special demands on ensuring
requirements traceability. Achieving valuable traceability information, however, is especially …

Companies are competing to offer high varieties of customised services on top of
customised products to increase revenues and customer satisfaction. By adopting product …

A Traceability business process is mandatory and unavoidable on manufacturing
organizations. Customers, particularly original equipment manufacturers, require it on …

In collaborative design, the results of each activity imply modifications of different objects of
the situation and are likely to affect the achievement of other activities. The use of …

The valuation of a product increases flexibility in decision-making for develo** new
products or redesigning existing products and affects product life cycles. Strategic …