需求跟踪系列 IV - More than纵向追踪和横向追踪

谈到追踪，CMMI中分了两类帮助我们理解不同的追踪关系： 纵向追踪和横向追踪。我们首先来学习一下，原文的描述如下（摘自http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/faq/term-faq.html）：

In the Requirements Management (REQM) process area, specific practice 1.4 states, “Maintain bidirectional traceability among the requirements and the project plans and work products.” Bidirectional traceability primarily applies to vertical traceability and at a minimum needs to be implemented both forward and backward (i.e., from requirements to end products and from end product back to requirements).

Vertical traceability identifies the origin of items (e.g., customer needs) and follows these same items as they travel through the hierarchy of the Work Breakdown Structure to the project teams and eventually to the customer. When the requirements are managed well, traceability can be established from the source requi