8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further operative with the program when in the first operating mode to: scan the textual requirements documents for requirements descriptions using a word processor application programmable interface (API), wherein for each requirement found: obtain a type and a unique identifier of the requirement; delete all tracing information blocks associated with the requirement; use the unique identifier of the requirement to gather the trace information from the requirements repository via a requirements management tool API; format the trace information by constructing a formatted text string containing information identifying where the requirement was traced from and where the requirement is to be traced to; and use the word processor API to insert the trace information into traced from and traced to sections of new tracing information blocks associated with the requirement.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further operative with the program when in the first operating mode to: scan the textual requirements documents for requirements descriptions using a word processor application programmable interface (API), wherein for each requirement found: obtain a type and a unique identifier of the requirement; delete all tracing information blocks associated with the requirement; use the unique identifier of the requirement to gather the trace information from the requirements repository via a requirements management tool API; format the trace information by constructing a formatted text string containing information identifying where the requirement was traced from and where the requirement is to be traced to; and use the word processor API to insert the trace information into traced from and traced to sections of new tracing information blocks associated with the requirement. 9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further operative with the program when in the first operating mode to: insert a timestamp indicating when the trace information was inserted into the textual requirements documents.