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What is the difference between "bug in requirements" and "change request"


Recently I've been assigned a bug to fix, which from my point of view, was actually a change request. After some investigation it turned out that this bug was caused by a defect in business requirements, but it was still considered as a bug.

I often see change requests being pushed forward masqueraded as bugs. I am just trying to figure out if there are any differences.


Solution

  • A "bug in requirements" means there was something wrong with how the functionality was originally designed.

    A "change request" means that everything was defined correct, but the customer wants a piece of functionality changed/added.