Priority & Severity

Contents

• Priority & Severity
  • Priority
  • Severity

Priority

Priority more focuses on the business impact of one issue.

1. P0. Must fix as soon as possible. Bug is blocking further progress in this area.
2. P1. Must fix. High important function doesn’t work.
3. P2. Should fix soon, before product release.
4. P3. Fix if time. Ok to defer to next release.
5. P4. Nice to have.

Severity

Severity more focuses on the technical impact of one issue.

1. Bug causes system crash or data loss.
2. Bug causes major functionality or other severe problems; product crashes in obscure cases.
3. Bug causes minor functionality problems, may affect “fit anf finish”.
4. Bug contains typos, unclear wording or error messages in low visibility fields.