Defect Management Process

Summary

A structured process for logging, triaging, prioritizing, and tracking defects to resolution — going beyond Phase 2's individual bug report to the team-level workflow managing the full defect backlog.

How to Learn This

1Draft a defect management workflow: logging, triage, assignment, fix verification, closure.
2Learn why regular defect triage meetings prevent a backlog from silently growing unmanageable.
3Practice prioritizing a sample list of defects by severity and business impact together.

Traceability Matrix

Waterfall vs Agile Testing

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