Marcela Ruiz 
TraceME: A Traceability-Based Method for Conceptual Model Evolution [PDF ebook] 
Model-Driven Techniques, Tools, Guidelines, and Open Challenges in Conceptual Model Evolution

This book presents Trace ME, a traceability-based method for conceptual model evolution whose general purpose is to support the evolution of information systems. By providing a set of four Trace ME chunks, Trace ME is situational-oriented. In this way, it can be adapted to support different evolution projects by just assembling the Trace ME chunks. To facilitate its industrial adoption, open source tools were developed and described which support the implementation of the Trace ME chunks.The work presented highlights various research endeavors for the development of methods and techniques to automate the evolution of software systems. It explores the requirements engineering field as a steppingstone to a successful software development processes. In 2017, the underlying Ph D dissertation won the "CAi SE Ph D award", granted to outstanding Ph D theses in the field of Information Systems Engineering.