Defect/Bug Tracking system Tool

Few Bug tracking system not only tracks the defect, they manages so many other task of project managing process.

List of Bug tracking system tools –

Bugzilla –

Defect Priority Categorization

As the priority refers to the sequencing or order, it tells the order of defect resolution. Priority sequencing is categorize on the following basis –

1. P1/Critical
2. P2/High
3. P3/Medium
4. P4/Low

Defect Severity Levels

As we discussed that severity is a degree to measure the impact of defect/bug on system. There are certain level has been set to define or categorize this degree.

When the bug is going to be log we can assign these level (degree) on the basis of impact. The categories are –

What is Severity and Priority

Severity & Priority – Defect Parameters

Defect tracking process is very important for a quality product so instead of a defect tracking an effective defect tracking is needed. It is possible by applying/implementing the best practices in this process. As we read in defect template that apart from the defect description there are so many other important attributes or parameters needs to be reported with the defect when it is logged or reported.

Severity and Priority are two different important parameters for defect reporting/tracking.

Defect Reporting or Tracking using own template

Defect Tracking Using own Template –

Since there is no problem in managing the defect in some doc like Excel, but some time it becomes problematic to manage all defect with the proper status and track them time to time if the system or Defect count is huge.
But If the product is small and simple than there is no problem in using the own excel template and managing it as well.It can be done by simply creating an excel and setting the required parameters to be set or define for the defect reporting.

Defect Reporting or Tracking using Tool

Defect tracking tool –

Defect Tracking or reporting tool/system is nothing but a software application which manages and keeps the track of all bugs raised/reported in software application/product during software development and testing procedure.

Defect Management | Defect Tracking or Reporting Mechanism

Defect Management –

Involves the all processes including defect tracking of the logged bug from its identification till closure as well as the prevention mechanism with process improvement for quality measure.

Goals of Defect Management –

Cost of Defect

What is Cost of Defect –

Defect cost is not just only the no of defect raised. Defect finding and reporting is first stage only it takes several effort to locate failure, Reproducing, Fixing and Retesting of a unit that is fixed and as well as testing the system to check the impact of fixed module on other untouched modules.

Defect/Bug Life Cycle

The Bug/Defect has different state in the life cycle. Although state of a bug also depends on the tracking tools and organisation or project as we discussed in previous posts.

A basic generalized life cycle with the all possible states of a bug is –

What is Defect/Bug Life Cycle and Defect/Bug Tracking Tools

We already know that what is Defect/Bug and from where it arises. So as we know that “The Testing is a process with the intent of finding bug in the software/system/application”.

1. A role of a Tester is not just limited to find the Bug, It (Bug) has to be raised/reported and get fixed as well.