What is severity and priority?Give some examples of
severity and priorty and high severity & low priority and
viceverse and also explain each.

Answer Posted / indu sharma

Severity:With respect to the functionality of the product.
Priority:With respect to Business; how does a particular bug impact the business.
Ex. Low priority & High Severity:If an input field is to password from 5-30 characters & if application crashes only when user inputs a 30 character-length password then its a High Severity & low priority.

Ex. Low Severity & High Priority :If the logo is wrong in the product. or if any spelling is wrong in the home/title page.

Ex. Medium Priority & Medium Severity: If a particular feature is not working in a certain condition, but user is not blocked totally.

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