Examples Of Severity & Priority
Examples of Priority and Severity:
High Priority and High Severity :
In an application, if there is an issue with the login screen and the user is not able to log in, then that defect falls in High Priority, and High Severity as this needs to be resolved first because the user is blocked and cannot access the application further.
High Priority and Low Severity :
If there are some spelling mistakes on the Home page of the application or any other web page which is used frequently is an example of High Priority and Low Severity as Spelling mistakes are not hampering the functionality of the application but making a bad impact on a company’s reputation.
Low Priority and High Severity :
In Online Shopping website, if the ‘Add to Cart’ button stops working if the user tries to add more than 500 items in a cart, then the defect is considered as High Severity as the major functionality is not working as expected but Low Priority because it is a very rare case that user add more than 500 items in cart.
Low Priority and Low Severity :
If there are some spelling mistakes in a paragraph of a page that the user rarely opens, it is considered Low Priority and Low Severity because neither it is creating an impact in the functionality of the application nor any loss to a company’s reputation it is rarely opened.
