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Phase 2 · Manual Testing Fundamentals

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Bug Life Cycle

Part of the QA Testing Roadmap.

Summary

The stages a defect moves through — new, assigned, in progress, fixed, retested, closed (or reopened) — a shared workflow that keeps a team aligned on where every reported issue actually stands.

How to Learn This

  • 1Diagram the standard bug life cycle stages in order.
  • 2Learn what 'reopened' means and why it's a healthy part of the process, not a failure.
  • 3Practice tracking a bug through this life cycle in a sample bug tracking tool.

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Types of Testing (Functional, Non-Functional)Black Box vs White Box vs Gray Box TestingTest Case Design TechniquesEquivalence Partitioning & Boundary Value AnalysisTest Case WritingExploratory TestingSmoke & Sanity TestingRegression TestingTest Data PreparationWriting Effective Bug Reports
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