A Traceability Approach for i* and UML Models

In this paper we propose an approach that can be used to generate traceability relations between organisational models specified in i* and software systems models represented in UML (in particular use case and class diagrams). Our approach proposes different types of traceability relationships between i* and UML models and uses traceability rules to generate the different types of traceability relations between them. The traceability rules and traceable models are represented in XML. This makes possible the use of our approach in settings where the models are created and managed autonomously. The approach is supported by a prototype tool that interprets the rules and generates traceability relations.