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Formal methods for software defect investigation?
Are there any formal techniques/tools/approaches to software defect investigation? For context, I'm looking at ways to approach intermittent failure in large distributed systems with many variables to ...
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Does defect density measure QA or dev effectiveness?
Most defect density metrics are like this: Number of bugs / Size (KLOC, Story points, Function points..) I have read that it measures the effectiveness of QA, but I do not get it: I can have a ...
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What is the difference between 'expected but not desired behavior' and a software bug
Recently I asked this question. As commented in the answer by someone who sounds like a numPy developer, this behavior is clearly not desired. The issue posted was closed stating that this is ...
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Why do we need both Priority and Severity?
I understand what they determine but is it really useful to assign those to issues found? I mean, it is either required to fixed quickly or not. I know how to set them, categorize them etc. I know ...
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verify a defect is a production defect or not
As a QA person, I always believe that a defect should have all the steps needed for anyone fixing it to be able to reproduce it. however, is it crazy to think that every defect QA opens need to be ...
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Is it reasonable to insist on reproducing every defect before diagnosing and fixing it?
I work for a software product company. We have large enterprise customers who implement our product and we provide support to them. For example, if there is a defect, we provide patches, etc. In other ...
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How can QA prevent defects?
Also according to Software Testing By Srinisvasan Desikan, Gopalaswamy Ramesh or ISTQB text books. Quality assurance is e.g. reviewing products, inspections, walkthroughs to see if all standards are ...
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Severity and relation to occurence - priority?
I have been browsing through some webpages related to testing and found one dealing with the metrics of testing. It says: The severity level of a defect indicates the potential business impact for ...
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