3 Worst Defect Reporting Habits and How to Break Them

Worst Defect Reporting Habits And How To Break Them

In this article, we will look at what are the 3 worst defect reporting habits and how do you break them. Let’s get started. 

Defects are serious business and small mistakes can be expensive.

You know what to do when you find a defect. You can report it; either in a Defect Tracker/Defect Management tool or in an Excel sheet. The underlying principles are the same for both methods.

Defect management tools don’t guarantee better reporting. Good practice always saves the day.  However, to appreciate the good, we must also recognize what’s not.

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How Do You Decide Which Defects are Acceptable for the Software to Go-live?

How Do You Decide Which Defects Are Acceptable For The Software To Go-Live?

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 and that we are releasing quality software to our users.

A bad, premature, unstable or difficult to use product can cause a lot of losses financially and could also make the user lose trust in the brand itself.

Many times, we hear that testing should be done until we meet the exit criteria and that defects have to be fixed to an acceptable level.

While these are great sounding guidelines, they are vague.

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This Scenario Explains How Important It is to Document the Frequently Encountered Errors

Documenting the Frequently Encountered Errors

In this article, we will understand how important it is to document some of the frequently encountered errors.

Do you believe that software errors occur only once and that on being fixed they will never resurface? I am of the opinion that about 30% of the errors will reoccur.

In the article below, you will find some common areas where issues are seen and a template to document them. Hope you find it useful!

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3 Strategies for Dealing with a Blocker Defect

Deal with blocker defect

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 otherwise what are just regular test days.

I am going to assume that our readers already understand Severity and Priority of defects deeply. Do you need a quick recap? Check this out.

Now, does it always mean we need to completely stop testing if we come across a blocker issue?

In some cases “Yes”, but maybe not always. There could be instances where some testing activity is possible.

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