All articles on Defect Management. Learn strategies, tools, and best practices for identifying, tracking, and resolving defects to ensure quality and improve software performance.
If you are a software tester or a QA engineer then you must be thinking every minute to find a bug in an application. I think finding a blocker bug like any system crash is often rewarding! No I don’t think like that. You should try to find out the bugs that are most difficult to find that always misleads users.
In this tutorial, you will learn what is Defect Severity and Priority are in testing, and how to set defect priority and severity levels with examples to understand the concept clearly. We will also cover how to classify the defects under different buckets and their relevance in the Defect Life …
Bugzilla is a open-source Bug tracking tool. Many companies are using this open source tool for managing the software development process. After a long break finally Bugzilla project announced a new version of bugzilla 3.0.
If you’re a tester and wondering reasons your bugs are getting rejected, we have compiled a list of 10 reasons and provided some recommendations on how you can improve. I am not going to spare her. She has rejected 7 bugs, I reported, within the last three days. I know …
Why does Software have bugs? There are many reasons for Bug in software, Most are man introduced and some are machine oriented. Here is the the broad list
While we want to make sure that everyone is working well, defects can still occur. But how do you determine which defects are acceptable before the go-live? Let’s find out. Software Go-Live is always a big event for any software product. It is important to make sure that everything works …
This is the concluding part of our “Software Testing training on a live project” series. It is going to be about defects and also a few remaining topics that will mark the completion of the Test Execution phase of the STLC. In the previous article, while Test Execution was going …
Writing a good bug report is very necessary in order to get your bug resolved. Developer should be able to reproduce the bug easily using your bug reproduce steps. Here is a sample bug report that will guide you on how to write a good bug report.
Here’s how to write a good bug report with some helpful tips and tricks. Let’s get started. “The point of writing a problem report (bug report) is to get bugs fixed” – Cem Kaner. If a tester is not reporting a bug correctly, then the programmer will most likely reject …
In this article, we will be discussing 7 types of software errors every tester should know about and how to identify them during testing with some examples and simple exercises. Let’s get started. It’s time again for a post on software testing basics. This article is on the different types …
Here is an article on effective Defect Prevention Approaches and Critical Views: Quality Assurance is the term that is commonly used to address the testing teams in IT projects. Technicalities aside, quality assurance activities are not just targeted at defect identification (which is finding defects after they have happened). This …
In this article, we have provided our readers with the best 3 strategies for dealing with a blocker defect. We will cover some key steps a tester can take when dealing with them. Let’s get started. Blocker defects add a lot of drama to what would otherwise be just regular …
Introduction to the Defect Life Cycle In this tutorial, we will talk about the life cycle of a defect to make you aware of the various stages of a defect which a tester has to deal with while working in a testing environment. We have also added the most frequently …
This article provides valuable insights into the significance of both Cosmetic and Functional Bugs and how they contribute to software quality. There are always huge responsibilities imposed on the tester to uncover any kind of bug that software has. Irrespective of the functionality and user interface, testers can raise bugs …
This article is an extensive and all-in-one guide to Defect Density. We will see its importance and how to calculate it. Let’s get started. Test Metrics can be tricky. They are the only way to measure yet the variety is overwhelming. You could be collecting something that isn’t giving you …
In this article, we discuss in detail how to reproduce a non-reproducible defect and make the testing worth it. In the world of software testing, a defect once found should be consistently reproducible so the tester can report with conviction, a developer can fix with clarity and the QA team …
Seven Principles of Software Testing: Including More Details about Defect Clustering, Pareto Principle and Pesticide Paradox. I’m sure that everyone is aware of the “Seven Principles of Software Testing”. These fundamental testing principles help the testing teams to utilize their time and effort to make the testing process an effective …
Introduction to Defect Triaging: In our previous tutorial, we introduced you to the Scrum Events – Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospection. We discussed the concepts like time boxing, participants, and activities for each of the Scrum Event. The next in store for our readers is …
A complete guide to Defect Triage Process and Effective ways to handle Defect Triage Meeting: In today’s article, we will learn about Defect Triage meeting and how to handle a triage meeting in an easier and effective way. Before proceeding further with this article, I wish that everyone knows what …
Introduction to Defect Management Process: The more focused process and testing will allow less buggy software in the market. Defect Prevention is much more efficient and effective in reducing the number of defects and also is very cost effective to fix the defects found during the early stage of the …