If DO-254 is both the mission and the map required to achieve compliance, then traceability represents the roads on that map. Consider this.
– Roads connect two or more places on a map; traceability connects two or more elements in a project (such as functions, requirements, concept, design, verification data and test results).
– Road names help identify specific places that are linked to it; traceability names help identify specific project elements that are linked to it.
– In the absence of roads, reaching your destination is practically impossible; in the absence of traceability achieving compliance is also practically impossible.
