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Do you find linking unit tests to functional requirements useful? I've also been toying with visual traceability (requirementweaver.com) and it seems to have a

• swalsh 14y ago
  Like I said, its a really new thing for us so I don't have a lot of experience yet. The most immediate benefit i saw though was that we spent more time on the functional spec than we typically do making sure it was complete. That process yields a lot of benefits (its far easier to delete paragraphs, then code). Beyond that though, its nice to see a bit more details on your progress as the development continues. We definitely have more productive status meetings. We used to sit down once a week, and go around the table asking people where they are, but now everyone knows the status all the time (we all can see it). That allows us to spend more time on discussing problem solutions. During development, developers keep track of their own progress with less work. As a lead, its useful for me to see areas of weakness so I can have more targeted code reviews.