3.5.4. Severity

Severity

Severity is a field of classification only available for defects. Defects can normally be categorized based on how severe the error is — e.g. whether the bug causes a crash, security vunerability, spelling error, etc. Clearly as an error is more severe an error, it is likely to be considered more in need of being fixed.

Catastrophic
Severe
Major
Minor
No Effect

As always, deciding which severity should be assigned to a defect is a question of preference best left to development and quality assurance teams.

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