Bug management system requirements

A bug/defect/issue tracking system should:

• Allow you to spend time fixing bugs, not tracking them.
• Allow you to see the serious of bugs.
• Allow you to see the reach/scope/extent of the bug.
• Have the minimum number of compulsory fields (3? 0?) when recording a bug.
• Only be used by the people whi will benefit from it's use.
• Be appropriate to the size of project it is being used for.
• Integrate with the version tracking system being used.
• Provide useful statistics and reporting.
• Be fast.
• Be easy to use.