Urgent, this should be dealt with ASAP. Not fixing this issue might trigger a complete system shutdown

Issue with high importance. Contributes to the core concepts of the system and/or is necessary for its continuity. Must have.

Issue with a low impact on the system and/or increases performance or efficiency. Not fixing this issue might provoke inconvenience, but the core of the system remains operational. Should have.

Issue with no or limited impact, to be implemented if time permits. System will remain operational regardless of this issue. Nice to have.

The issue reports malfunctional behaviour in existing parts of the application

The issue describes new functionality to be added to the application.

The issue proposes new ideas for functionalities, but still needs to be refined before actual development can start

The issue contains a worked idea, with clear requirements (from a user's perspective). Still needs to be completed with technical details.

Issue is ready for development: All requirements are met, the scope is set and the issue contains acceptence criteria

Issue is scheduled to be resolved within the following time iteration (e.g. week / two weeks)

Issue on which someone is working right now

Issue for which work has been done, but is blocked while waiting for confirmation (peer review, answer from vendor, waiting for acceptence of product owner, etc)

The issue can be closed, no further actions are needed. Merge request has been deployed to production.