
Defect/ Bug Life Cycle
Defect life cycle also known as bug life cycle. Defect life cycle/ Bug life cycle is the journey of bug from initiation to closure during its life time. It may different from organization to organization and may project to project.
Business Analyst/ Scrum Master will monitor till closure of the defect, it may different from organization to organization.
NewΒ : During testing of the application if tester find/observed any issue then tester will raise the issue(Bug/Defect)
Assigned : Once tested raised the defect it will be assigned to the development team to fix/resolveΒ the defect.
Open : Development team will open the defect.
Review : Development team will review the defect, whether it is genuine issue or not.
Rejected : If development team feels it is not a genuine defect then they can reject the ticket with mention their comments.
Deferred –Β When a defect cannot be addressed in this cycle then it is deferred to future release.
Duplicate: Development team will mark as a duplicate if it is duplicate defect means which is already raised previously.
Fixed : If development team identifies as it is genuine bug then team will fix the issue. In some organizations once, developer fixed the code development manager/team lead will review the code, whether it is impacting any other functionality or not. And they fixed the issue again they will assign to testing team for testing.
Retest : Testing team will test the defect which is assigned by development team.
Close : If testing team feels defect is resolved then they will close the defect ticket.
Reopen : If testing team feels still issue/defect not resolved then again they will reopen the ticket and assign back to development team to resolve the issue, again same cycle will follow.
I hope it helped you to understand Β Defect Management Life CycleΒ
Defect/Bug Life Cycle in Software Testing
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