Are you working with other developers on these projects? "The test" failing is much less useful information than a "unit test" failing. If the unit test fails I

Are you working with other developers on these projects? "The test" failing is much less useful information than a "unit test" failing. If the unit test fails I know it's something pretty fundamental -- I can isolate it to a single method. If the integration test fails, but the unit test passed, I can be reasonably assured the problem is with the database. Tests are just as much about making software maintainable as they are about making sure it's correct.