who assigns severioty and priority.
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who assigns severioty and priority.
The test team decides the severity and priority of a defect. However, there may be disagreements from other teams and it may have to be changed.
hi Raj
Testing team r tester can also assingn the severity's and priority's.......
It depends entirely on the size of the company. Severity tells us how bad the defect is. Priority tells us how soon it is desired to fix the problem.
In some companies, the defect reporter sets the severity and the triage team or product management sets the priority. In a small company, or project (or product), particularly where there aren't many defects to track, you can expect you don't really need both since a high severity defect is also a high priority defect. But in a large company, and particularly where there are many defects, using both is a form of risk management.
Major would be 1 and Trivial would be 3. You can add or multiply the two values together (there is only a small difference in the outcome) and then use the event's risk value to determine how you should address the problem. The lower values must be addressed and the higher values can wait.
I discovered a new method for Risk Assessment. It is based on a military standard, MIL-STD-882. If you want a copy of the current version, search for MIL-STD-882D using Google or Yahoo! The main area of interest is section A.4.4.3 and its children where they indicate the Assessment of mishap risk.
They use a four-point severity rating (rather than three): Catastrophic; Critical; Marginal; Negligible. They then use a five-point (rather than three) probability rating: Frequent; Probable; Occasional; Remote; Improbable. Then rather than using a mathematical calculation to determine a risk level, they use a predefined chart.
Blocker: This bug prevents developers from testing or developing the software.
Critical: The software crashes, hangs, or causes you to lose data.
Major: A major feature is broken.
Normal: It's a bug that should be fixed.
Minor: Minor loss of function, and there's an easy work around.
Trivial: A cosmetic problem, such as a misspelled word or misaligned text.
Enhancement: Request for new feature or enhancement.
Nice description santhil.
Normly the tester has the rights to assign the severioty and priority of the bug sice now it is then approved by the test lead
regards
saravanan