7. Difference between Severity v/s Priority with Examples?

Severity: Severity determines the defect's effect on the application. Severity is given by Testers

Priority: Determines the defect urgency of repair. Priority is given by Test lead or project manager

1. High Severity and Low Priority : For example an application which generates some banking related reports weekly, monthly, quarterly & yearly by doing some calculations. If there is a fault while calculating yearly report. This is a high severity fault but low priority because this fault can be fixed in the next release as a change request.

2. High Severity and High Priority : In the above example if there is a fault while calculating weekly report. This is a high severity and high priority fault because this fault will block the functionality of the application immediately within a week. It should be fixed urgently.

3. Low Severity and High Priority : If there is a spelling mistake or content issue on the homepage of a website which has daily hits of lacs. In this case, though this fault is not affecting the website or other functionalities but considering the status and popularity of the website in the competitive market it is a high priority fault.

4. Low Severity and Low Priority : If there is a spelling mistake on the pages which has very less hits throughout the month on any website. This fault can be considered as low severity and low priority.