Testing & Quality
What is Defect?
A deviation between actual and expected behavior that requires analysis and possibly correction.
Defects are logged with steps, evidence, severity, environment, and transport references. In ERP they may be caused by configuration, code, data, authorization, or test script errors. Root cause classification improves future quality.
Related terms
Defect Severity
A classification of a defect's business or technical impact, such as critical, high, medium, or low.
Defect Priority
The urgency with which a defect should be fixed, set by business and project needs rather than impact alone.
Defect Lifecycle
The sequence of statuses a defect passes through, such as new, assigned, fixed, ready for retest, closed, or rejected.
Defect Triage
A regular meeting to review new defects, confirm validity, assign severity, priority, and owner.
Root Cause Analysis
Determining the underlying cause of a defect or incident to prevent recurrence.
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