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Understanding Requirements and Defects
Requirements can be covered by Tests, and are the expected result for the system.
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In Jira, Requirements and Defects are going to be created as issues inside a project.
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Xray can re-use your existing issue types and consider them as Requirements & Defects. You don't need to create extra issue types! |
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What issues type can be used as Requirements?
Basically any issue type can be mapped as a requirement in JIRA, but the most common ones are:
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What issue types can be used as Requirements?
As within requirements, any issue type can be considered a defect.
By just using default JIRA issue types, the "Bug" is the strongest candidate to be mapped as a Defect.
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Discuss with your team which issue types can be considered as Requirements & Defects. If none of the existing issues types is suitable, you can always create new ones! For example, your team can prefer to have issue types "Requirement" and "Defect". |