{"id":61177,"date":"2022-03-24T09:15:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T16:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jamasoftware.com\/?post_type=press&#038;p=61177"},"modified":"2022-03-24T09:17:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T16:17:43","slug":"requirements-traceability-measured-benchmarked-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.jamasoftware.com\/legacy\/company\/press\/requirements-traceability-measured-benchmarked-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements Traceability Measured &#038; Benchmarked for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamasoftware.com\/media\/2019\/05\/Press-Release-Social-V2.jpg\" alt=\"jama software press release\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Requirements Traceability Measured &amp; Benchmarked for the First Time<\/h1>\n<h3>The first large scale, empirical research to confirm higher levels of traceability correlate to cycle time and quality improvements<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PORTLAND, Ore., USA, March 24th, 2022<\/strong> &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamasoftware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jama Software<\/a>, the leading requirements management solution provider, today released the Requirements Traceability Benchmark \u2013 the first-ever large scale, empirical study to measure Traceability ScoresTM and the impact different levels of requirement traceability have on quality and cycle times. The benchmark dataset includes over 40,000 projects spanning numerous industries. Requirements traceability across the entire systems development lifecycle is a core tenant of the systems engineering discipline and underpins industry standards to ensure higher quality, faster cycle times, and less costly rework.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Requirements Traceability Benchmark found a statistically significant relationship between Traceability Scores and cycle time and quality. Specifically:<\/li>\n<li>Higher Traceability Scores were found to correlate to faster test case execution and defect detection. Top quartile performers outperformed bottom-quartile counterparts by <strong>2.5X<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Higher Traceability Scores were found to correlate to more tests being completed and a higher percentage of passed tests. Top quartile performers outperformed bottom-quartile counterparts by nearly <strong>2X<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional findings include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The top 10% of performers achieve an average Traceability Score of <strong>87%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Top quartile performers have a <strong>7x<\/strong> higher average traceability score than bottom quartile performers<\/li>\n<li>Performance varies across projects within companies with <strong>57%<\/strong> of companies having projects in more than one quartile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cProcess improvement requires measurement,\u201d said Marc Osofsky, Jama Software\u2019s CEO. \u201cThe engineering process needs to catch up to other business functions in terms of process measurement. Traceability Scores now provide a great way for companies to baseline current performance and measure improvement over time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.jamasoftware.com\/whitepaper\/requirements-traceability-benchmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Requirements Traceability Benchmark<\/span><\/a> is available for download today!<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>About Jama Software<\/h4>\n<p>Jama Software is focused on maximizing innovation success. Numerous firsts for humanity in fields such as fuel cells, electrification, space, autonomous vehicles, surgical robotics, and more all rely on Jama Connect\u00ae to minimize the risk of product failure, delays, cost overruns, compliance gaps, defects, and rework. Jama Connect uniquely creates Live Traceability\u2122 through siloed development, test, and risk activities to provide end-to-end compliance, risk mitigation, and process improvement. Our rapidly growing customer base of more than 12.5 million users across 30 countries spans the automotive, medical device, life sciences, semiconductor, aerospace &amp; defense, industrial manufacturing, financial services, and insurance industries. Visit us at jamasoftware.com.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Karrie Sundbom<\/p>\n<p>Marketing Director, Jama Software<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:marketing@jamasoftware.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marketing@jamasoftware.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45375,"template":"","class_list":["post-61177","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Requirements Traceability Measured &amp; Benchmarked for the First Time - Jama Software<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamasoftware.com\/company\/press\/requirements-traceability-measured-benchmarked-for-the-first-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Requirements Traceability Measured &amp; 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