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Software Development with Code Maps
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/3434/072010_CACMpg52_Software-Development.large.jpg?1279552218&1279552218 "detail of the Oahu code map")
The Oahu code map showed that a single map could represent an entire software project in a way that was meaningful to all the developers on the team.
Could ubiquitous hand-drawn code map diagrams become a thing of the past?
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(1)Not mentioned: System of Preject level requirements/specifications and corresponding system/project level tests. Are there such documents in your development environment? Can you map requirements to the code? Can code maps help you see the impact from a change in the requirements?
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