diff --git a/src/formatters.ps1 b/src/formatters.ps1
index e4111ae..2aeb003 100644
--- a/src/formatters.ps1
+++ b/src/formatters.ps1
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function Format-Checklist {
     [CmdletBinding()]
     Param(
         # Logged Requirement lifecycle events
-        [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, Position = 0)]
         [Alias("Event")]
         [RequirementEvent[]]$RequirementEvent
     )
@@ -107,30 +107,32 @@ function Format-Checklist {
     }
 
     process {
-        $requirement = $_.Requirement
+        foreach ($event in $RequirementEvent) {
+            $requirement = $event.Requirement
 
-        # build state vector
-        $requirementType = ("Test", "Set" | ? { $requirement.$_ }) -join ""
-        $method = $_.Method
-        $lifecycleState = $_.State
-        $successResult = if ($method -eq "Set") { "*" } else { [bool]$_.Result }
-        $stateVector = "$requirementType $method $lifecycleState $successResult"
+            # build state vector
+            $requirementType = ("Test", "Set" | Where-Object { $requirement.$_ }) -join ""
+            $method = $event.Method
+            $lifecycleState = $event.State
+            $successResult = if ($method -eq "Set") { "*" } else { [bool]$event.Result }
+            $stateVector = "$requirementType $method $lifecycleState $successResult"
 
-        # build transition arguments
-        $timestamp = Get-Date -Date $_.Date -Format "hh:mm:ss"
-        $clearString = ' ' * "? ??:??:?? $previousRequirement".Length
-        $transitionArgs = @($timestamp, $requirement, $clearString)
+            # build transition arguments
+            $timestamp = Get-Date -Date $event.Date -Format "hh:mm:ss"
+            $clearString = ' ' * "? ??:??:?? $previousRequirement".Length
+            $transitionArgs = @($timestamp, $requirement, $clearString)
 
-        # transition FSM
-        if (-not $nextFsm[$stateVector]) {
-            throw @"
+            # transition FSM
+            if (-not $nextFsm[$stateVector]) {
+                throw @"
 Format-Checklist has reached an unexpected state '$stateVector'.
 If you are piping the output of Invoke-Requirement directly to this
 cmdlet, then this is probably a bug in Format-Checklist.
 "@
+            }
+            $nextFsm = &$nextFsm[$stateVector] @transitionArgs
+            $previousRequirement = $requirement
         }
-        $nextFsm = &$nextFsm[$stateVector] @transitionArgs
-        $previousRequirement = $requirement
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/formatters.tests.ps1 b/test/formatters.tests.ps1
index a9186fa..00b400c 100644
--- a/test/formatters.tests.ps1
+++ b/test/formatters.tests.ps1
@@ -1,49 +1,78 @@
+BeforeAll {
 
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+  $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
-$RepoRoot = "$PSScriptRoot/.."
-$SourceRoot = "$RepoRoot/src"
-."$SourceRoot\formatters.ps1"
+  $RepoRoot = "$PSScriptRoot/.."
+  $SourceRoot = "$RepoRoot/src"
+  ."$SourceRoot\formatters.ps1"
+  function invoke($Requirement) {
+    [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Test", "Start")
+    [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Test", "Stop", $false)
+    [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Set", "Start")
+    [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Set", "Stop", $true)
+    [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Validate", "Start")
+    [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Validate", "Stop", $true)
+  }
 
-function invoke($Requirement) {
-  [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Test", "Start")
-  [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Test", "Stop", $false)
-  [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Set", "Start")
-  [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Set", "Stop", $true)
-  [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Validate", "Start")
-  [RequirementEvent]::new($Requirement, "Validate", "Stop", $true)
 }
 
 Describe "formatters" {
-  $script:InDesiredState = 0
-  $requirement = @{
-    Namespace = "sr"
-    Describe  = "Simple Requirement"
-    Test      = { $script:InDesiredState++ }
-    Set       = { }
+
+  BeforeAll {
+    $script:InDesiredState = 0
+    $requirement = @{
+      Namespace = "sr"
+      Describe  = "Simple Requirement"
+      Test      = { $script:InDesiredState++ }
+      Set       = { }
+    }
+    $events = invoke $requirement
+    $tempContainer = "TestDrive:\"
   }
-  $events = invoke $requirement
-  $tempContainer = $PSScriptRoot
+
   Context "Format-Table" {
-    $output = $events | Format-Table | Out-String
+    BeforeAll {
+      $output = $events | Format-Table | Out-String
+    }
+
     It "Should print a non-empty string" {
       $output.Trim().Length | Should -BeGreaterThan 10
     }
   }
-  Context "Format-Checklist" {
-    $path = "$tempContainer\$(New-Guid).txt"
-    ($events | Format-Checklist) *> $path
-    $output = Get-Content $path -Raw
-    Remove-Item $path
+  Context "Format-Checklist via Pipeline" {
+    BeforeAll {
+      $path = Join-Path $tempContainer "$(New-Guid).txt"
+      ($events | Format-Checklist) *> $path
+      $output = Get-Content $path -Raw
+      Remove-Item $path
+    }
+
+    It "Should format each line as a checklist" {
+      $output | Should -Match "^. \d\d:\d\d:\d\d\[sr|Simple Requirement"
+    }
+  }
+
+  Context "Format-Checklist via Parameter" {
+    BeforeAll {
+      $path = Join-Path $tempContainer "$(New-Guid).txt"
+      (Format-Checklist $events) *> $path
+      $output = Get-Content $path -Raw
+      Remove-Item $path
+    }
+
     It "Should format each line as a checklist" {
       $output | Should -Match "^. \d\d:\d\d:\d\d\[sr|Simple Requirement"
     }
   }
+
   Context "Format-Verbose" {
-    $path = "$tempContainer\$(New-Guid).txt"
-    ($events | Format-Verbose) *> $path
-    $output = Get-Content $path
-    Remove-Item $path
+    BeforeAll {
+      $path = "$tempContainer\$(New-Guid).txt"
+      ($events | Format-Verbose) *> $path
+      $output = Get-Content $path
+      Remove-Item $path
+    }
+
     It "Should format each line" {
       $output | % { $_ | Should -Match "^\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d \d\d:\d\d:\d\d +\w+ +\w+ .+" }
     }