Answer / nadeem usmani

severity : how harmful the bug is for our application

it is decided by tester


priority: the urgency of fixing the bug .


it is decided dy devlopers

Answer / rahul bansal

severity means effect of a bug ON s/w
priority means which bug have TO FIX FIRST

1. high severity-HIGH priority(ex. security related)
2. HS-LP(ex. click buton,linking b/w page is not working)
3. LS-LP(ex. spelling mistake in page,comma mistake small
mistake)
4. LS-HP(logo have change,company name change,in this
mistake is very small but give very dangerous effect on s/w)

Answer / nihar arisa

severity: it will decide by testers,because tester knows the effect of the bug in application.

there are 4 types of severity
1.blocker
2.critical
3.medium
4.low

priority:
it will decide by developers,because developers knows the which bug have to fix first

there are 3 types of priority
1.high
2.major
3.minor
4.low

Answer / prashant patil

Severity is nothing but the seriousness of the bug.
High severatity means without fixing the bug we are not
procees to test the application.

Priority is decided by the developer.When to fix the bug.

Answer / neha

Severity and priority will go in hand.
It should totally depend on the Application behavior for a scenario and its impact on the buisness.

Answer / k.s. thangavel

lastly u made one mistake that "very dangerous effect
on s/w "
correct is very dangerous effect of software business
APPROACH not functionality

by K.S. THANGAVEL CHENNAI

Answer / rgv

I Feel Priority and Severity will be given by the tester

and priority may be changed by developers based on the
current situation


Correct me if wrong

thanks
Rgv

Answer / madhuri

Hi Nadeem I feel Severity of the bug is decided by the
developer depending on how it affects application and the
Priority is decided by the tester to tell about the urgency
of fixing the bug.Correct me if im wrong..........

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