Defect Lifecycle

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Defects Life Cycle

Note: The dotted lines denote the alternative flow.


User: Test Engineer
New Defect

SUBMITTED

Set Owner: Test Lead


Action: None

User: Test Lead


Update for Incomplete Information
Action: Modify

Review SUBMITTED
defects

ASSIGNED

Set Owner: Developer


Action: Assign

CLOSED

Observation is not a defect


Action: Close
Resolution: Cancelled

DUPLICATE

Observation is Duplicate
Action: Duplicate
Enter the ID of which this defect
is duplicate of
Resolution: Duplicate

Xansa (India) Ltd.

BBIB Defects Life Cycle

User: Development Lead


The Development Lead picks
the Assigned defects for
resolution

ASSIGNE
D

RESOLVED

Set Owner: Developer


Action: Modify
Observation is not a defect
Action: Resolve
Resolution: Cancelled

DUPLICATE

Observation is Duplicate
Action: Duplicate
Enter the ID of which this
defect is duplicate of
Resolution: Duplicate

RESOLVED

Observation Works As
Designed
Action: Resolve
Resolution: Works As
Designed

User: Developer
Developer fixes the
defect

RESOLVED

Set Owner: Development Lead


Action: Resolve
Resolution Tab: Set as Fixed, if
defect fixed
Set as Cancelled, if it is not a
defect
Set as Works As Designed, if it
works as per the design
Set as Duplicate, if it is
duplicate

User: Development Lead


Development Lead
Review and test the
fix provided

Xansa (India) Ltd. 2004

Set Owner: Test Lead


Action: Modify

RESOLVED

1-Mar-06

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Xansa (India) Ltd.

BBIB Defects Life Cycle

User: Test Lead


Test Lead

Set Owner: Test Engineer


Action: Modify

RESOLVED

User: Test Engineer


Test Engineer
If Defect is FIXED and
RETESTED to be OK

Test Engineer
If Defect is FIXED and
RETEST FAILS

RESOLVED

Set Owner: Test Lead


Action: Modify

OPENED

Set Owner: Test Lead


Action: Reject

User: Test Lead


Test Lead
CLOSED

If the retest by the test


engineer fails, defect notes
updated with such
observation

If the retest review is OK, the


Test Lead will close the
opened defect

Xansa (India) Ltd. 2004

Set Owner: Test Lead


Action: Validate

OPENED

Set Owner: Development Lead


Action: Modify

CLOSED

Set Owner: Test Lead


Action: Validate

1-Mar-06

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