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What is a software bug?

ď‚Ą A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways

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Where do the bugs come from?

ď‚Ą Most bugs arise from mistakes and errors made by people in either a program's source code or its design, or in frameworks and operating systems used by such programs, and a few are caused by compilers producing incorrect code

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The How life cycle to make of ayour bug team commissioned  The cycle a bug goes through during its lifetime. It starts when the bug is found and ends when it’s closed (fixed), after ensuring it’s not reproduced  There are various stages of the bug life cycle. The status caption in a cycle may vary depending on the software you are using. Professional bug tracking tools allow to customise workflows and statuses

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What WillisAgile bug tracking work forsoftware? my company?

ď‚Ą Bug tracking tools are designed to or have a set of features that allow people to indicate errors in the software at all levels of product development

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How does bug tracking software work?  It keeps track of reported bugs  It gathers input from testers, users or developers. Depending on the severity of the error, each bug is prioritized and further action is based on the priority of the bug

 It integrates software, software users and software developers. It also makes the communication between the software developers and the testers efficient

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What Selected makesmethods bug tracking of Agile software good?  Essential features: customizable workflows, ability to assign tasks, sort items and attach files, code hosting, version control and deploy  Extra features: permissions, labeling, wiki, time tracking, notifications, milestones  Stability and uptime guarancy  Easy-to-use

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Reproducing bugs

In order to fix a bug, one has to reproduce it first by following the steps that lead to its occurrence. Thus a good bug report must answer the three essential questions:

 What you were doing?  What you expected to see?

 What you saw instead?

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The importance of bug tracking reports

 Each bug report represents hours or even days of work. That’s why it’s important that data is well protected and organized. Bug reports should be recorded in a database that is backed up on a daily basis

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Final thoughts on bug tracking software

Bug tracking software is critical to the success of any software development business, allowing for better management of resources and providing a product of the highest quality possible

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Ready for some REAL bug tracking? Yes, let’s do this!


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