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Question:  Bug Fixing Priority

Answer: Which of these is the most important one to fix first, and why?

a. The word "BlackBerry" is misspelled on the startup screen of the application.
b. The application always rejects a user's first attempt to launch the application; subsequent attempts are successful.
c. The application crashes and brings down the database server when it tries to add a record that contains an uncommon string, "123abc456xyz789".


March 03, 2009 09:34:43 #2
 goal1860   Member Since: March 2009    Total Comments: 1 

RE: Bug Fixing Priority
 
The third sceanario rarely happens, so it should be lower priority though it is estimated as higher severity.
The second defect could annoy the end users severely, while the first one maybe obvious and impact user experience. My personal opinion is c>b>a
     

 

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