Planning template

Requirements traceability template

Trace each requirement to the design that meets it, the test that proves it and its status, so nothing agreed is forgotten at sign-off.

Free · Editable · Works with Claude and ChatGPT · Also in Engineering

Preview of the Requirements traceability template: its layout as it lands on the board
The template as it lands on your board, drawn from the template itself. Every part is editable.

How to use the Requirements traceability template

  1. Start a board from it

    Use this template opens a new Freero board with the Requirements traceability template on it (sign up free first). On a board you already have, open Templates in the toolbar and search for “Requirements traceability”.

  2. Follow the instruction on the board

    “Give every requirement an ID when it is agreed. A requirement with no test cannot be signed off; a test with no requirement may be scope creep.”

  3. Fill in each part

    • Table Columns: ID · Requirement · Source · Met by · Test · Status
  4. Bring your team and your agents

    Invite people to the board or share a link, and work on it together live. The timer is in the top bar, private mode and voting in the board menu, and Claude or ChatGPT can join through Freero’s MCP server.

Use this template

Work on it with an AI agent

Connect an assistant once and it works on the board with you, with your permissions: by default it reads and proposes, and people decide.

  1. You ask: “Fill in the Requirements traceability board from these notes.”

    What happens It reads the board, then proposes sticky notes for it. Nothing changes until someone on the board accepts them.

  2. You ask: “Group what we wrote into themes and list the actions.”

    What happens It proposes clusters with a title each and task cards for the actions, labelled with its name and yours.

Set it up for Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client.

Bring your team and your agents to one board

Free to use, open source, and yours to host. No credit card, no seat count.