Testing - Defect - Defect Life Cycle

Testing - Defect - Defect Life Cycle

Defect Stage	Responsibility	Activities
Defect is entered	QA	The initial state is always NEW It is unassigned  (Assigned to Dev Manager) Email will be sent to the  Team
Triage Discussion	QA / DEV / PM	Prioritize defects brought into Triage meeting Determine which Release/Build the fix will be made in Assign defect to relevant team member.
Assignee	DEV	Due to automatic notification via email from the defect database, the assignee knows they have been assigned for a defect. Reproduce the defect, change status to OPEN Recognize the bug and change status to 'Duplicate' of another bug and specify what it is a duplicate of Reproduce bug, recognize problem, make fix, unit test, check in code and change status to 'Fixed'
Defect  Verification	QA	Evaluate fixed bugs – ensure that they are fine working Evaluate reproducible steps. Verify fixed bugs à move to Closed OR move back to Re-Open state, if the fix failed

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