SEVERITY AND PRIORITY

"SEVERITY "         AND          "PRIORITY"

SEVERITY: The impact that a given defect has on the

              system.

PRIORITY: It is defined as how fast a defect should 

              be resolved.

SEVERITY CAN BE OF FOLLOWING TYPES:

Critical: 

The defects which results in the termination of the system and if there is no other way to get the expected results then the severity is taken as critical.

Major: 

The defects which results in the termination of the system but we have an alternative way to get the excepted results, then the severity is stated as major.

Moderate: 

The defect which does not cause the termination of the system but gives the wrong data then the severity is taken as moderate.

Minor: 

The defect which does not cause the termination of the system and we can obtain the required results by just working on the defects such type of severity is stated as minor.

PRIORITY CAN BE OF FOLLOWING TYPES:

High: 

The defects which should be fixed immediately and if the application cannot be further used until we fix it then they are given as high priority.

Medium: 

The defects which can be rectified later in the program.

Low: 

The defects which have less impact then it is taken under low priority.

DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF SEVERITY AND PRIORITY 

High Priority & High Severity: 

For example if we want to login into an bank application but if it shows an error then we can't move further, since it should be fixed immediately then it is taken as an high priority.

High Priority & Low Severity:

For example if we login into an bank application but the spelling of the bank is misspelled then it does not affect the functionality but it spoils the reputation of the bank.So the priority of fixing it will be high and the severity will be low.

High Severity & Low Priority: 

The scenario in which clicking a certain link in the application and it gets terminated because that link is rarely used by the user, here priority will be less. Clicking that link affects the functionality of the system so the severity will be high.

Low Priority and Low Severity:

It is the scenario in which if there are any spelling mistakes in the text of a paragraph in an application which is rarely read by the users .In this case both severity and priority will be low.


Post by :- Susmitha