A Traceability Reference Model for Agent Oriented Development

Software developers have used agents as a way to understand, model, and develop complex systems more naturally. Traceability has been recognized by many as an important strategy for developing and maintaining high quality software. Reference models for supporting traceability information have been proposed in the literature. However, none was specifically tailored for agent-oriented systems. In this light, our research aims to support traceability through the agent-oriented software lifecycle. In particular, this paper proposes an agent-oriented traceability reference model and shows how it can be used in the context of Tropos. An Autonomous Database administration system is used to demonstrate the applicability of our approach.