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Defect Management
Defect Management
Defect Management
Management
Defect Management is the process of recognizing and
recording defects, classifying them, investigating them,
taking action to resolve them, and disposing of them
when resolved
importance:
to capture
informally
false positives
improvement
coding
static analysis
reviews
dynamic testing
documentation
requirements
user stories
it as incident reports
Identifier Title
Short Summary
Other aspects
Conclusions, recommendations and approvals
References (ex: test case that revealed the issue)
Other areas that may be affected
Defect change history
When a defect is detected (static testing), or a failure is
Defect data may also include the following (on top of the
regression, etc.)
Current owner (assignee)
Business Impact
control
managed.
requirements specification
a user story
a technical document
a test case
development lifecycle.
was introduced.
Static testing
finds defects directly, rather than finding failures, and
Dynamic testing
During activities such as unit testing, integration testing,
test (anomaly).
and are typically not tracked as they will occur until the
development is complete
A defect report typically progresses through a workflow
“clarification” state
The CONFIRMATION state
“verification” state
test environment
test data
defect reports.
defects (inevitable)