What is the difference between severity and priority? Tell
me example.
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Answer / vathsala sudhakar
1)severity status is used to explain how badly the
deviation is affecting the build
2)severity type is defined by the tester
based on the written test cases and funtionality
1)priority status is set by tester to the developer
mentioning the time frame to fix the defect
2)the priority status is set based on the customer
requirements
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Answer / vimal
severity means
it is a desied based on the impact of the defect on the custumer bussiness
four types
1.showstopper/blocker
2.critical
3.majar
4.minor/trivial
priority means
it is the importance given to fix the the defect how soon the defect must fix by the devolpers
1.p1/high
2.p2/medium
3.p3/low
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Answer / balakiranm
Severity: Specifies the seriousness of defect on the application it can have value high(or)medium(or)low.
Priority: It specified by the project managers (or) developers.Specifies the importance of defects,it can have values like high(or)medium(or)low.
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Answer / pragati m pawar
SEVERITY: tells how bad the bug is.....
impact of the bug on the product....
PRIORITY: order in which the bug can be fixed....
probablity of occurence of that bug....
how frequently that bug occures....
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