Abstract: “It is almost impossible to obtain and understand all software requirements at early stages of Software Development Life Cycle without changes. Technical requirement evolves after software specification phase by client organization or project team members frequently. This paper classified the software changes problems and list all related software artifacts to perform the requested software change. The relationships of various change software artifacts during applying change process are discussed in detail.”

Keywords: Software Changes, Change Software Artifacts, Requirement Change Management, Impact Analysis, Software Configuration Management, Traceability.