How to create Bugs in Jira?

Jira is one of the most popular project management and issue-tracking software developed by Attlasian. One of the key features of Jira is Issue Tracking, which allows teams to create, track, and manage issues or tasks. Common types of issues include epics, user stories, tasks, and bugs. Reporting bugs is a very common task for a software tester. Whenever a tester finds something unusual, or if the software is not behaving the way it is intended to, the tester needs to raise a defect or bug and assign it to someone who he/she thinks would be able to fix it. Usually, it would be a developer from the development team. Steps to create a bug report in Jira:

Step 1:Open Jira and select the project in which you want to create the bug.

Step 2: Click on the “Create” button.

Step 3: A new window will open. Select the project and select the issue type as “Bug”.

Step 4: You will be presented with a form to fill out other important details of the bug. Some of the important ones are:

1. Summary: Add a brief but descriptive title for the bug report.

2. Description: The description should be concise. Explain with details with what happened, and what was expented to happen. Give all the details which would help the developer or designer pinpoint the problem such as log reports, test data, data conditions, etc.

3. Environment: Give specifics of the environment such as Test Environment, OS, browser, or any other relevant environment details.

4. Assignee: Based on the project in which you are working on, it could be the developer or the designer. Usually, it is the developer who is responsible to fix the bug.

5. Sprint: Choose the applicable sprint for the bug. Usually, it the current active sprint.

6. Reporter: Team member who found the bug. Usually, it is the one who is creating the bug report, unless he/she is creating the bug report someone else.

7. Attachment: Attach important files such as screenshots, server logs, or any other file that might help the developer pinpoint the problem.

8. Priority: You can set the priority of the bug so that it is easier to understand the importance of the bug. Depending on how your project is set up, you might get different options to choose from. An example list of options is:

• Blocker
• Critical
• Minor
• Trivial
• Medium
• Low

9. Severity: You can choose the severity of the bug, which is a measure of how much impact the bug has on a software. Depending on your project, it can have up to 5 level of severity, from Sev-1 to Sev-5, with Sev-1 having the most impact on the project, and Sev-5 being lowest in terms of impact.

10. Labels: Assign relevant labels to categorize the bug.

Step 5: Submit the bug: Once you are done with entering all the relevant details, click on the “Create” button to finish creating the bug. You will receive a confirmation message that the bug has been created along with a unique issue key which you can use to reference the bug.

In today’s world of software development, effective bug tracking, and sprint management are essential for ensuring that projects run smoothly and that the software meets its intended quality standard. That’s where software like Jira comes into play. There are other such project management tools in the market, like Jile, Asana, etc., but Jira is by far the most popular among the software companies.