What is the difference between severity and priority? Tell
me example.

Answer Posted / 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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