A city utilities team is upgrading water-treatment plant controls under a predictive plan. Auditors ask how each approved requirement maps to design specs, test cases, and the final control panels. Which plan-based artifact best answers that question?
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Short Explanation
Picture a baggage claim tag that follows a suitcase from check-in to the carousel — that is what a requirements traceability matrix does for plant requirements. It ties each approved need to design, tests, and the panels that ship, so auditors are not guessing. Attendance sheets and vision posters do not carry that chain.
Full Explanation
In predictive control sets, a requirements traceability matrix (RTM) records how each requirement flows into design specifications, verification activities, and delivered components. For a water-treatment controls upgrade, that linkage supports auditability and change impact analysis. Vision posters, standups, and happiness metrics may support delivery culture but do not document requirement-to-deliverable mapping.