Click Add Item. The Add New Defect dialog box opens.

The defects you create are added to the product backlog.

Import defects from a file into the product backlog or a release backlog.

On the Product Backlog > Backlog page or the Release Management page, click More Actions > Import Backlog, and browse to a prepared defect import file. Specify that you are importing defects, and Agile Manager validates the contents of your import file.

For import file templates and additional guidelines and field descriptions, see Import backlog items.

When you create a new user story or defect, you can associate it with a product feature. This enables you to group and filter user stories and defects by feature, and track the progress of the product at the feature level.

To associate existing items with a feature, select the items in the grid, and click Set Feature.

Select defects and click Planning .

In the Planning dialog box, select a release, sprint, and team. You can specify a release together with a sprint or team, or both.

1. Select defects and click Assign To.
2. Select a user from the user list.

Assigning defects to buckets enables you to create categories of defects according to any criteria you choose.

1. In the buckets pane, click Add Bucket, and name the new bucket.
2. Select defects and drag them to the bucket. A bucket icon is displayed in the Bucket column of the assigned defects. Hover over the icon to display which buckets a defect is assigned to.
3. To display the defects in a bucket, click the bucket name.

Manage the defect life cycle by moving the defect through its statuses. The following defect statuses are available: New, Open, Fixed, Closed, Propose Close, Deferred, Duplicate, Rejected.

Defects have two statuses: the defect status and the corresponding backlog item status. These statuses are linked. When you change one status, the other status changes accordingly.

Change defect status Defect Status Backlog Item Status New New Open In Progress Fixed In Testing Closed Done Propose Close In Testing Deferred New Duplicate Done Rejected Done

Change backlog item status Backlog Item Status Defect Status New New In Progress Open In Testing Fixed Done Closed

Suggested uses for each defect status

Defect Status	Suggested use
New	This is the status provided when the defect is first opened. Leave this status unmodified until you are ready to start work on the defect.
Open	Use this status when you start to analyze or work on the defect.
Fixed	Use this status when you have committed a fix for the defect.
Closed	Use this status when the defect is tested and confirmed fixed.
Propose Close	Use this status if you are unsure whether the defect is completely closed, or if you would like to reject the defect, and need confirmation from others.
Deferred	Use this status to indicate that this defect will be fixed at a later date, and possibly not in the current release.
Duplicate	Use this status to indicate that another defect exists for this same issue elsewhere in the system.
Rejected	Use this status to indicate that the defect does not reflect an error in the system, and does not need to be fixed.

Add defects to your or to another user's watch list: right-click selected defects, and select Add to My Watch List or Add Watch for User.

Defects in your watch list are displayed in the My Watched Defects widget on the Dashboard.

In addition, you will receive mail notifications when watched items undergo certain changes. For details, see Watch backlog items.

Export the Defect Management grid to an Excel or CSV file to use defect data in other applications. Exported data includes any columns and filters displayed on the grid, and the Description and Comments fields.

1. Define a filter for the items you want to export and arrange columns you want to include.

2. Click More Actions > Export Backlog to Excel or Export Backlog to CSV.