Severity and Priority:

Severity and Priority:

           Generally we have to set the Severity and Priority level for a Defect. Severity level will be set by the Testing Team and the Priority level will be set by the Development Team.

Severity:

           Severity means how much severe is the particular defect in the application (i.e.) how it affects the functionality of the application

Def: The degree of impact that a defect has on the development or operation of a component or system.

Levels of Severity:

• Feature
• Trivial
• Text
• Tweak
• Minor
• Major
• Block
• Crash

Priority:

              Priority means the importance and urgency to fix the defect by the developers (i.e.) which defect should be fixed first and which should be fixed in later versions.

Def:   Defect Priority (Bug Priority) indicates the importance or urgency of fixing a defect. Though priority may be initially set by the Software Tester, it is usually finalized by the Project/Product Manager.

Priority Levels:

• Low
• Normal
• High
• Urgent
• Immediate