Requirements Traceability Gap Findertrace sheet

Architecture element

An element of the system or software architecture, or a subsystem or component requirement, that sits between the system requirement and the hardware or software requirement.

where it sits
between system and component
read from
a level or type cell reading “system architecture”, “architecture requirement”, “architectural element”, “architecture element”, “sys 3”, “sys3”, “swe 2” and “swe2”; or an ID starting ARC, SSR, SUB and CMP, said so on the line
standards that use it
Automotive SPICE and ISO 26262

A architecture element with a blank parent, not flagged as derived, raises finding 1 when it sits below the top level of the paste; with no linked verification it raises finding 2.

Clauses that turn on this level

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