How to assess bugs? - Priority versus Severity in brief.

In the Production environment, the decision-making process for patching bugs ideally follows these guidelines:

1. We consider both Severity [S1, S2, S3] and Priority [P1, P2, P3].
2. It's important to note that "Priority" is inversely proportional to "Severity."
3. Severity assesses the seriousness of the problem introduced in the working environment, with S1 representing low severity and S3 indicating highly severe issues.
4. Priority, on the other hand, is determined by how soon the bug can be fixed or patched.
5. Generally, highly severe issues are prioritized for patching first.
6. The Priority and Severity pairs are as follows: [P1, S3], [P2, S2], [P3, S1], with the highest priority assigned to bugs with Severity S3, making them P1.
7. Therefore, bugs with the [P1, S3] pair should be considered first for patch deployment.