Chapter 5 – Managing the Test Activities
Defect Triage – ISTQB Definition
Last Updated: July 12, 2026 · SoftwareTestPilot QA Team
Official ISTQB Definition
The process of reviewing, assessing and prioritizing reported defects and deciding which will be worked on.
In simple words
A regular meeting where the team looks at new bugs and decides which to fix now, later or never.
Exam tip
Triage assigns priority (business urgency) — not severity, which is a product-impact attribute.
Related terms
- Defect ManagementThe end-to-end workflow of finding, logging, triaging, fixing and closing bugs.
- PriorityHow urgently the bug should be fixed from a business point of view — a low-severity blocker for a demo can still be top priority.
- SeverityHow bad the bug is technically — does it crash the app, corrupt data, or just misalign a label?
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