Automatic cognitive adaptation of development assets according to requirement changes

A tracking system for a software program development, the tracking system comprising:

• at least one requirements management tool stored in a memory configured to provide initial software requirements, updated software requirements or new software requirements;
• at least one quality management tool coupled to the at least one requirements management tool, the at least one quality management tool stored in the memory being configured to generate test cases corresponding to the initial software requirements, each test case configured to determine if the software program satisfies a corresponding software requirement;
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• a cognitive engine coupled to the at least one requirements management tool and the at least one quality management tool, the cognitive engine stored in the memory being configured to (1) transform the test cases and the initial software requirements into test case objects and requirement objects, respectively, (2) link the test case objects to the corresponding requirements objects based on common attributes, (3) provide a graphical representation showing the test case objects linked to the corresponding requirements objects, (4) automatically update the graphical representation in response to updated software requirements or new software requirements, and (5) automatically disseminate the graphical representation or the updated graphical representation if a test case effectiveness calculation exceeds a predetermined confidence threshold.