A method of rating a bug, including reporting the bug to a business entity by
an
interested party, entering information regarding the bug into a database, assigning
a priority number for the bug, calculating a sigma number for the bug using the
priority number, evaluating the bug to be fixed using the sigma number, and escalating
the bug. A bug council rating apparatus, including a database to store the information
entered using a graphical user interface, a priority number module configured to
generate a priority number, and a sigma number module configured to generate a
sigma number.