traceability-auditor

Traceability validation ensures every requirement maps to design elements, tasks, code, and tests end-to-end. The auditor detects gaps where requirements lack design coverage, code lacks tests, or orphaned items exist outside the requirement chain, surfacing gaps for remediation across the full SDLC.

A traceability matrix is a structured map linking requirements to design, tasks, code, and tests. It provides coverage reporting and gap detection, confirming 100% forward and backward traceability so no requirement goes unmapped and no code lacks test coverage.

Yes. The auditor scans for orphaned requirements with no design mapping and untested code with no test coverage, flagging them for immediate remediation and ensuring complete alignment across requirements, design, tasks, code, and tests.

The auditor validates code-to-test mapping and traces tests backward to design tasks and forward to requirements, confirming every line of code is tested and every test supports a traced requirement.

Provide requirements in EARS format, design documentation, task definitions, code, and test definitions. The auditor ingests these artifacts and generates a complete traceability matrix with coverage metrics and gap reports.

Run audits after requirements are defined, after design is complete, after code is written, and before release to catch gaps early. Continuous audits catch requirements drift and untested code changes throughout the SDLC.