defect tracking system

In engineering, defect tracking is the process of finding defects in a product, (by inspection, testing, or recording feedback from customers), and making new versions of the product that fix the defects.

Defect tracking is important in software engineering as complex software systems typically have tens or hundreds of thousands of defects: managing, evaluating and prioritizing these defects is a difficult task. Defect tracking systems are computer database systems that store defects and help people to manage them.

See also:

• Issue tracking systems

OpenSource products include:

• IssueZilla
  
• Bugzilla
  
• phpBugTracker
  
• Mantis

Commercial versions include:

• Seapine defect tracking system Software
  
• MetaQuest
  
• Tuppas
  
• Force10 Software