Total and Average Number of Defects Found Over Period of Time

Total and Average Number of Defects Found Over Period of Time

This key performance indicator shows the total and the average number of defects, bugs in the product. It can be used by software quality assurance department to estimate how product quality was changing over some period of time, for example, during the testing period and during post release period.    

If you need to calculate the total or average number of defects found over period of time, please do the following:

• Create the custom field "Defects Number" to track how many defects each task/issue report contains:
  • Go to: Tools/Custom fields and press "Ins" button
  • In "Title" field enter "Defects Number"
  • In "Code" field enter "cf_defects_number"
  • In "Type" field select "Integer" and click "Ok" button



• If you need to view the total or average number of defects per particular project on Task List, filter your to-do list by task group with project tasks.



• Set footer:
  • right click under column "Defects Number"
  • to see the total number of defects select "Sum"



• to see the average number of defects select "Average"



If you need to view the total or average number of defects on Task Tree, please follow the steps below:

• On Task Tree select root task group and select "Custom fields options"



• To enable the displaying of the total or average number of defects select custom field "Defects Number",  do the following:
  •  select Enable
  • check "Aggregated" (for task group)
  • to display the total amount of defects select "Sum" and the custom field name "Defects Number"



• to display the average number of defects select "Average" and the custom field name "Defects Number"



• Select task group for which you need to view the total or average number of defects, right click and select "Custom fields options"



• Select custom field "Defects Number" and select the option "Enable by parent".





Total number of defects per project on Task Tree



Average number of defects per project on Task Tree