Wednesday, March 21, 2012

How the Bug Report is important?


Bug report is the report to tell the programmer/developer to fix the bug.Seeing the bug report the programmer need to be understand what's the bug is all about.Bug report is the way where you can convince the programmer to fix the bug .Even if you are not the present on your desk the your bug report should do your work at your(Tester) absent.So for that, the bug report should be effective,informative & understandable.If the bug report is good then it is high chances to be fixed the bug.

1.The summery of the bug report should be clear and effective , the summery of the bug should give the more information to reader. Seeing the summery the reader need to be visualize the failure,impact ,consequences of the bug.
2.In the description of the bug report need to be write details of the bug.Like bug environment,In which platform the bug occurs. dependencies of the other module and component all.
3.Write Step to reproduce the bug, give more detailing of the steps.
4.Specify the priority and severity of the bug.Priority indicated when you want to be fixed the bug and severity indicated impact and consequences of the bug.
5.Attach the image file if it necessary.
These are the main component which need to be present in the bug report.


 Filed the bug report on the time don't wait for next-day.Don't make Assumption that obvious bug has been filed.because sometime it's not.Filed the minor bug too don't be hesitate to file the minor bug because some time that minor bug can cost lot.Do not filed the duplicate bug report if you know that then do cross-references.

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