How to prioritize bugs?

Question

In my current company there isn\'t clear understanding between the test and development teams as to how severe a bug should be? There are arguments which go back and forth to re

Answer 1

I use the following categories both for features and bugs:

1. Showstopper, the program (or a major feature) will not work
2. Must have, a significant part of the customers will be bothered by this
3. Would have, some customers will be bothered
4. Nice to have, a few customers want this

Normally you plan to fix 1, 2 and 3, but 3 is often postponed to a next release due to time constraints.