Severity is a technical measure. It is an assessment of the impact of the defect , It’s indicate the degree of negative impact on the of software.
While classifying the defect severity there are question which need to be ask yourself which can help you to classifying the defects.
1.Is there is any workaround after occurring this defect?
2.Is that defect blocking some important feature?
3. Am I able to reproduce the defect in other configurations also?
4. How frequently the defect occurs?
5.Is this defect occur in all other related sections?
DEFECT SEVERITY classification:
Critical: Defect which affects the critical functionality & cannot able to test application further.
Major: Functionality not working but able to test application. It has workaround but its use is unsatisfactory
Minor: Bug in Functionality but in the sub module or one under the other module. The minor feature in the module but has workaround from other module easily.
Trivial: Issues in location of the object or the look and feel issue
Defect severity classification is vary on organization ,people and defect tracking tool which use.
Examples of Priority & Severity How to set priority of the bug?
While classifying the defect severity there are question which need to be ask yourself which can help you to classifying the defects.
1.Is there is any workaround after occurring this defect?
2.Is that defect blocking some important feature?
3. Am I able to reproduce the defect in other configurations also?
4. How frequently the defect occurs?
5.Is this defect occur in all other related sections?
DEFECT SEVERITY classification:
Critical: Defect which affects the critical functionality & cannot able to test application further.
Major: Functionality not working but able to test application. It has workaround but its use is unsatisfactory
Minor: Bug in Functionality but in the sub module or one under the other module. The minor feature in the module but has workaround from other module easily.
Trivial: Issues in location of the object or the look and feel issue
Defect severity classification is vary on organization ,people and defect tracking tool which use.
Examples of Priority & Severity How to set priority of the bug?
