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| See Also Create a Bug List |
| ### Next Steps Close a Bug |
| Activity: Triage Bugs
Project Manager
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|  | Participating Roles Responsible: Project Manager
### Overview Triage is the process used to review newly reported or reopened bugs and assign a priority and iteration to them. Triage is driven by the project manager with input from the other members of the development team. # Entry Criteria Dependencies: At least one bug is newly reported or reopened. # Sub-Activities
1 | Generate Bug List | Query the bug tracking system for newly reported and reopened bugs.
2 | Review Bugs | Review each bug found and, with input from development, testing, and product management, determine the importance of fixing each one to the goals of the project and the current iteration.
3 | Assign Priority to Fix and Iteration | Assign a priority to fix and iteration to each bug to allow the development team to schedule and address the bug in a timely fashion.
4 | Reproduce Dubious Bugs | Optional If a bug report is unclear or the true impact of the bug is uncertain, the program management team should attempt to reproduce the bug so that they have a good understanding of its real impact and reproducibility.
# Exit Criteria
| All newly reported and reopened bugs are reviewed and assigned a priority and iteration.
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