Traceability Matrix is a table that correlates the High-level Requirements[?] (sometimes known as Marketing Requirements) and Detailed Requirements[?] of the software product to the matching parts of High-level Design[?], Detailed Design[?], Test Plan[?] (a.k.a. Test Outline), and Test Case[?].
A Traceability Matrix can be used in many ways during the software development process (more on this later)
See Software engineering.
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