what is meant by Priority nad severity?
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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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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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Answer / nirmal anand
1. Priority is the urgency of fixing a problem.
2. Severity is the seriousness of the problem.
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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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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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Severity: How severely the BUG suffers the application.
Priority: How soon it has to be fixed
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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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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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Answer / rajeshwar rao
Severity=== means seriousness of the bug
Priority==== means which one should rectify the first.
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