It's just easier when you're connected. The same is true for projects and Jama believes connections within the team are just as important as trace relationships between artifacts.
Traceability relationships.
Traceability is a key benefit of requirements
management. Contour tracks relationships throughout the project to alert the team
when changes are made that impact other items. For example, if someone updates a requirement that has a related use
case and test case, an email notifies the team that these two items are
affected. In addition, these items are flagged as “suspect” in the system for review.
Impact Analysis.
Contour enables users to see the impact of a
change - before making the change. Contour can show the
project artifacts and team members working on those
items that may be affected. This is one of the primary
benefits of implementing project traceability.
For example, if a business analyst is about to change to
a requirement, Contour can show who is currently working
on a related design document, who is working on a
related test case and that someone has already completed
the dependent help page. Contour uses trace relationships to determine which
project artifacts might be affected and displays those to the user.
