Severity and Priority of Defects

Generally we have to set the Severity and Priority level for a Defect. Severity level will be set by the Testing Team and the Priority level will be set by the Development Team.

Severity : Severity means how much severe is the particular defect in the application (i.e.) how it affects the functionality of the application.

Severity levels: Trivial, Minor, Major, Critical, Block

Priority : Priority means the importance and urgency to fix the defect by the developers (i.e.) which defect should be fixed first and which should be fixed in later versions.

Priority Levels: Low, Medium, High, Urgent, Immediate.

The Severity and Priority levels must vary depends upon the company and the defect tracking tool used by the company.

Some E.G:

Low Priority: Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, Textual Errors, Orphan pages, broken links, GUI errors,

High Priority: Wrong Functionality, Applications Crashes, Errors.