Every software development company strives to produce flawless software that satisfies customer needs to the highest possible standard. Major software businesses fix these flaws before the software is released to ensure that their consumers receive a high-quality product.
The Defect Life Cycle is used to achieve this. There could be a ton of flaws during the software development process that could be fixed by using the Defect Life Cycle!
1. Defect Life Cycle: What Is It?
Bug life cycle, another name for defects A defect’s life cycle is the trip it takes throughout its existence. As it is governed by the software testing process and also dependent on the tools employed, it differs from organisation to organisation and also from project to project.
1.1 How TestDel makes application free of issues?
We specialize in ensuring that your application is free of issues. We want your users to have a friction-less experience. TestDel has the expertise to verify and report all blockers, so you don’t have to worry before end users’ quality assurance and validation process starts.
Our experienced QA testing team will plan, manage and execute your testing delivery so you achieve the quality assurance you desire. Our specialist consultants can identify the requirements, technological challenges and suggest a fixed cost, dedicated team or time and material cost solutions as per the nature of your project.
We assist in improving the quality of our customer’s products and solutions using the following methods:
To demonstrate your unique user base, we use state-of-the-art inventory and test systems to allow quick confirmation of the detected defects.
Our systems are equipped with multiple operating systems and software configurations that allow us to test and validate software in a broad range of environments.
To allow us to graphically record “difficult” bugs, computers in our software testing workshop are equipped with screen capture and video capture software.
2. Defect Lifecycle: Workflow
Following are the several states of defect shown in the defect life cycle diagram:
2.1 New
The Defect Life Cycle’s first state of a defect is new: this. Any new defect that is discovered is considered to be in the “New” state, and validations and testing are carried out on it in the latter phases of the defect life cycle.
2.2 Assign
After the tester posts a bug, the lead accepts it and assigns it to the developer team.
2.3 Open
The software developer starts analyzing the bug in the open state. The code’s problems are addressed by the software developer, who also reimplements the problematic sections. The bug could also be moved to one of the following states in the defect life cycle at this point: duplicate, rejected, or deferred if the developer feels that it is not suitable. These states will be covered in a later blog post.
2.4 Fixed
A bug can be marked as “Fixed” and then forwarded to the testing team after the developer has made the appropriate code modifications and verified them.
2.5 Retest
The issue enters the retest phase when the tester begins testing it again at that point. If the developer rectifies the bugs per the bugs in accordance with the requirements, the tester will verify this once more.
2.6 Reopen
If the tester team discovers that the bug persists after the developer team has fixed it, the bug’s status is once more updated to “Reopened.” Bug enters the “Open” state and repeats the life cycle. This indicates that the developer team should repair it again.
2.7 Verified
The tester re-tests the bug after the programming team has fixed it, and if the tester does not discover any defects or bugs, the bug is fixed and given the status “Verified.”
2.8 Closed
The status of the bug is changed to “closed” if the tester believes that it no longer affects the software. The bug has been addressed, tested, and accepted in this state.
2.9 Duplicate
Developers designate a defect as “Duplicate” if they believe it to be identical to another defect previously reported or to the notion of a bug that has been previously logged.
2.10 Deferred
The defect’s status can be changed to “Deferred” if the developer determines it is not a high priority and will likely be fixed in one of the upcoming releases.
2.11 Non-Reproducible
Developers try to reproduce the raised bug or bug in an open state as per the test steps. If the developer cannot reproduce the bug, then he changes the bug state from open to non-reproducible or not a bug.
3. To Sum It Up
When a defect is fixed, and the issue is declared to be resolved, the bug life cycle is complete. Regression testing, however, kicks off the following phase of the release cycle. QA engineers examine the system (or at least business-critical features) after everything has been addressed to ensure that recent code modifications haven’t negatively impacted other functionality. In other words, it’s essential to ensure the fix didn’t ruin what was already functional. And if it has, a new bug life cycle begins.
The bug life cycle is a crucial part of the software development life cycle since it shows the severe bugs, identifies a repair for them, and then delivers high-quality software to the client. We’d be pleased to answer any questions you have about bug cycle and if you are interested in outsourcing testing. For further information, please Contact Us.