Trace Requirements to Delivery
Start with the delivery question
Open the Requirements table in FieldDesk. Add delivery columns to see the evidence behind each requirement.
Replace disconnected artifacts with a navigable delivery context
Reqode keeps stable relationships between product intent and engineering evidence so teams can investigate what was requested, what changed, where it lives, and how it was checked.
Intent
Requirements, data entities, user interfaces, APIs, diagrams, and artifact revisions define the accepted product behavior.
Change
Change Requests preserve affected specifications and implementation context; Issues connect day-to-day work to requirements, changes, and commits.
Implementation
Software units connect responsibilities to Unit Types, source files, dependencies, and the specifications they implement.
Evidence
Test cases, Test Runs, Test Results, verification states, and Findings show how intended behavior was exercised or challenged.
Answer change-impact questions with explicit relationships
Before changing a requirement, inspect related interfaces, APIs, entities, software units, source files, dependencies, tests, Issues, and active Findings.
After implementation, use the same relationships to identify stale specifications, undocumented logic, missing test coverage, or affected areas that still need review.
Give every role the context it needs
Product and analysis can see how intent is represented across specifications.
Engineering can see ownership, dependencies, files, and architecture guidance.
QA and delivery can see test design, execution evidence, and unresolved Findings.
Traceability is evidence, not an automatic compliance claim
Reqode preserves connected engineering context and history. The relevance and completeness of that evidence still depend on the relationships, tests, and workflows maintained by the project team.
Keep the definition and delivery state distinct
Review the requirement’s expected behavior, follow its delivery state, and use milestones to organize the work into stages.
A requirement connected to delivery evidence
Follow a delivery signal from the requirement to the artifact that explains it. A linked Software Unit shows which implementation is involved; its commit context records the associated code changes.
Open the relevant evidence when a status needs explanation, then return to the requirement to check the original intent.
View the unit’s commit
U-43 AssignTechnicianAction: commit 982090ff records its implementation context.
Keep product intent connected to delivery evidence
Make impact analysis, implementation handoff, verification, and release review easier to explain.
