How to Achieve Requirement Traceability in Azure DevOps for Manual Testing?

Question

I am looking for a way to track requirement traceability in Azure DevOps effectively. Specifically, I want to see:

Which test cases are linked to a given requirement.

The execution status of those test cases (e.g., Passed, Failed).

The percentage of test completion.

Any defects (bugs) linked to the test cases.

Since testing is done manually, I would like to know the best approach or built-in features in Azure DevOps that can provide this traceability in a single view.

Is there a dashboard, report, or query that can help achieve this? Any guidance or best practices would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Hi @KIRTIKA MITTAL ,

To achieve requirement traceability in Azure DevOps for manual testing in a single view, you can leverage built-in features such as queries, dashboards, and reports.

• Queries in Azure DevOps allow you to track relationships between requirements, test cases, execution status, and defects in a structured view.

Navigate to Boards and then to Queries, where you can create a New Query. Set up the conditions by selecting Work Item Type = Requirement (such as a User Story or Feature). Then, add Linked Work Items, including Test Cases to track associated tests and Bugs to capture defects reported from those test cases.

Add Columns for Visibility:

• Requirement Title
• Test Case Title
• Test Case Execution Status (Passed, Failed, Blocked)
• Bug Title and Status (Active, Resolved, Closed)

Save & Run the Query to get a single view of requirement coverage.

For a graphical, real-time overview, Azure DevOps allows you to create dashboards with widgets that display traceability data.

Add the following widgets:

• Test Plan Progress: Shows the execution status of test cases.
• Work Item Query Results: Displays the results of the traceability query.
• Test Results Trend: Shows trends of passed and failed test cases over time.
• Bug Status Overview: Displays active and resolved defects per requirement.

Save and share the dashboard with the team for visibility.

Hope it helps!

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