Writing Solid Bug Reports for Mobile Apps
I bet you’ve been in a situation where you caught a bug, reported it and then your team member (Developer) says: “Hey, I can’t reproduce it. It’s working on my machine”. Those situations are interesting to me. When I hear that from a developer I always wonder: “Is the issue still present in the new build? Hmm… I better re-test it to be sure.” So I re-test it again, confirm that it is present, and add more information so it is easier to reproduce the bug. Why should you file a bug report? To point out that there is an irregularity or unexpected condition which does not satisfy a particular requirement. What is the goal of a bug report? To document all bugs found in the appropriate project management tool. While this doesn’t necessarily mean all will be fixed, it documents the bugs. It will then be up to the product owner to decide whether a bug should be fixed immediately, moved to the next release, or moved to a backlog. In this post, I will explain what makes a solid...