2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when in the first operating mode the method further comprises: scanning the textual requirements documents for requirements descriptions using a word processor application programmable interface (API), wherein for each requirement found: obtaining a type and a unique identifier of the requirement; deleting all tracing information blocks associated with the requirement; using the unique identifier of the requirement to gather the trace information from the requirements repository via a requirements management tool API; formatting 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 using 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.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when in the first operating mode the method further comprises: scanning the textual requirements documents for requirements descriptions using a word processor application programmable interface (API), wherein for each requirement found: obtaining a type and a unique identifier of the requirement; deleting all tracing information blocks associated with the requirement; using the unique identifier of the requirement to gather the trace information from the requirements repository via a requirements management tool API; formatting 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 using 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. 3. The method of claim 2 , wherein when in the first operating mode the method further comprises: inserting a timestamp indicating when the trace information was inserted into the textual requirements documents.