Developers say the feature works, but users cannot complete the process. What is missing?
Component success without user journeyVerify the whole journey with realistic roles, data, and handoffs. A working component is not necessarily a usable business capability.
What to do now
- Define the complete user outcome
- Test it with representative permissions and data
- Identify gaps between components
- Resolve and retest the end-to-end path
When to escalate
Escalate when
The essential business process remains unusable at release.
Who decides
The technical owner and authorized release decision maker
Example
A request can be created but not approved by the intended manager because permissions were never tested together.
Mistake to avoid
Accepting isolated endpoint tests as complete business acceptance.
Prevent a repeat
Review real execution evidence and maintainability alongside feature completion; do not treat an unrun test as passed.
Suggested ApprovedFlow setup
- Tasks
- Documents
- Approvals
Track delivery tasks and attach engineering evidence; keep source control, build execution and technical controls in their actual engineering systems. See the platform
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