Priority And Severity

Severity of a Defect

Defect Severity defines the degree of impact that a defect has on the functionality of a system.

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Priority And Severity

Priority of a Defect

Defect Priority defines the urgency of fixing a defect.

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Priority And Severity Examples

High Priority and High Severity

1. The products added to the cart of an e-commerce website are not visible on the payment page. 2.  The login button of the application is not working.

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Priority And Severity Examples

High Priority and Low Severity

1. The action buttons are not visually appealing or the information on the page appears hazy.

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2. The logo of the company’s welcome page is distorted.

Priority And Severity Examples

Low Priority and High Severity

1. If the application is crashing on passing very large input for processing (which is very rarely done).

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2. There are some buttons on the website which are overlapping. Although clickable, are creating a fuss.

Priority And Severity Examples

Low Priority and Low Severity

1. A spelling mistake on the page of the site which is not frequently visited.

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2. The color of any text does not match the theme of the website.