Traceability chain from evidence through insight, decision,

Traceability chain from evidence through insight, decision, Traceability chain from evidence through insight, decision, requirement and acceptance criteria to metric and eval, with results feeding back to the insightPre-specification: where it camefrom and whyPost-specification: built, tested,measuredEvidencecalls, data, ticketsInsightINS-xx, confidenceDecisionbuild, defer, rejectRequirementREQ-xxAcceptanceGiven, When, ThenMetric and evaldid it work?Results raise or lower the insight's confidenceEvery requirement traces back to an insight or a named driver. Everyhigh-confidence insight traces forward to a decision.

The insight-to-spec chain. Most teams track the right half well. The left half, where a requirement came from and why, is the half Gotel and Finkelstein found most often missing.