What is priority and severity

by aldrin 2014-09-25 19:17:49

Defect priority:

  • It is level of fixing the bug in urgency.

  • It initially set by software tester.

  • And finalized by the project/product co-ordinator (or )manager.

     

 

Defect severity:

  • It is the defect which occur on development or operation of component.

  • It is defined by software tester by written test cases or functionality of application.

     

     

Categories involved in software testing:

 

Priority

(It range from low to urgent)

Severity

(It range from low to critical)

Low:

It can be deferred until all the defect are fixed.

It may or may not fixed.

 

Low:

No serious in functionality of system.

More cosmetic issue.

Medium:

It should take precedence over low priority defects.

May be fixed in next release.

Medium:

Cause some undesirable behavior.
Usable of system/feature is high.

High:

Should fixed in any upcoming builds.

Should included in the release.

Major:

Cause system to collapse,except few parts.

Highly severe defect.

Urgent:

Must fix in the next build.

It should be fixed before any cause of defect occur.

Critical:

Cause system failure.

No further proceed on system.


 

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thulasi

Nice....