In this post, i will explore different stages of the Bug from it’s inception to closer. The Bug has been found and logged into the Bug Tracking System.
- The Bug has been found and logged into the Bug Tracking System. It will be treated as New Bug in the System.
- The Bug will be assigned to the concerned Developer for a Resolution.
- The developer looks in to the possibilities of the resoultion & takes a call on Resolution by fixing it or differing over the information provided.
- Tester validates the resolved issue in the build & checks for the regression scenarios over the fix.
- If the issue found fixed, then he choose to Close the issue else he / she will Re-open the same.
- The Cycle follows again for the re-opened issue till it get’s closed.
- It worth doing the following activities
- Capturing the required and re-usable info to the Bug Report at it’s each stage.
- Check for all the closed bugs of Severity 1 & 2 against final build for the release.
In the next post, I will share my thoughts on the useful metrics over the Repository.
Happy Testing.
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