Defect Metrics

Analysis on the defect report is done for management and client information. These are categorized as

Defect Age: Defect age is the time duration between the point of introduction of defect to the point of closure of the defect. This would give a fair idea on the defect set to be included for smoke test during Regression
Defect Analysis: The analysis of the defects can be done based on the severity, occurrence and category of the defects. As an example Defect Density is a metric which gives the ratio of defects in specific modules to the total defects in the application. Further analysis and derivation of metrics can be done based on the various components of the defect management.

Daily Summary Data :
In addition to entering new bugs and closing fixed bug in the bug tracking application,
• Number of test cases completed
• Number of new issues identified and reported
• Number of test cases, which failed
• Number of test cased blocked
• The executed test plans
• The current list of existing bugs by severity
• The test-tracking document. A sample test tracking document is show

Weekly Summary Report :
At the end of each week, creates a weekly report to provide our clients additional information. The weekly report contains bug information by test area.

End of Cycle Reports
QA engineers execute all test cases for a build, supply our clients a complete set of test results for the cycle. provide the following information:
• Each completed test plan
• List of bugs found in this testing cycle
• List of bugs fixed in this testing cycle
• List of bugs deferred to a later release
• Full test tracking document for the completed cycle