what is meant by Priority nad severity?

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / prasad

Priority means "Importance of the defect w.r.t cutomer
requirement"

Severity means "Seriousness of the defect w.r.t
functionality"

correct me if iam wrong..

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / srini

priority means "how soon the bug should b rectified"

Severity means "how bad the bug is"( i mean to say the
impact of bug on different things ).
pls let me know if had any mistake in giving my answer

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / nirmal anand

1. Priority is the urgency of fixing a problem.
2. Severity is the seriousness of the problem.

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / gouri

Priority means " The importance of the defect depending on
the situation "

Severity means " The seriousness of the defect w. r. to
functionality "

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / sanjeeth

Hi am Sanjeeth

Severity: Which the defect is impact on the application/product

Priority: Which the defect is impact on the business.

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / senthil kumar

Severity: How severely the BUG suffers the application.

Priority: How soon it has to be fixed

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / amit kumar tyagi

Severity-The degree of impact casted by the bug on an
application.

Priorrity-The relative degree of precedence given to a bug
for its fixation.

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / abhilash nair

can anyone give example of this issue

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / jithu vijayan c.t.k

priority:priority for fixing the bugs(eg:p1 to p5 .p1 has highest priority)
severity:Tell the impact of the bug(eg:blocker,critical,major,minor,trivial,enhancement)

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what is meant by Priority nad severity?..

Answer / rajeshwar rao

Severity=== means seriousness of the bug
Priority==== means which one should rectify the first.

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