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Bug history and management

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Bug history and management

- [Instructor] Once your bug is submitted, it's likely many different people will be reviewing your submission. The written record of bugs is vital to the success of the project. I spent the earlier part of this course enforcing the importance of inputting well-written complete bugs into the system, just as important is keeping an accurate and well-documented history of the bug in the tracking system. Each time someone does something with a bug, a record of that interaction is important to track. In some systems, bug interaction is managed carefully with history and logs. In other systems, you may have to take the time to record a review. In either case, you'll want to ensure that this is addressed for several important reasons. Let's start with the fact that bugs go through periodic reviews. Both quality teams and developers will be taking the time to review the submissions and decide a plan of action. Know the…

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