SE 4560 : Software Testing and Quality Assurance

SE 4560: Software Testing and Quality Assurance

Semester Hours:   3.0
Contact Hours:   3
Coordinator:   Michael Decker
Text:   Software Testing: A Craftsman's Approach 4th Edition
Author(s):   Paul Jorgensen
Year:   2013

SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION

Catalog Description

Various aspects of software testing and quality assurance including measurement of software quality, verification and validation of software projects, and unit and integration testing techniques. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in SE 3540. Credit cannot be earned for both SE 4560 and SE 5560. Approved for distance learning.

Course type: ELECTIVE

SPECIFIC COURSE GOALS

• I can perform code reviews to verify requirements.
• I know how to write unit tests using a unit testing framework.
• I understand the difference between unit and integration testing.
• I can write both functional and structural tests.
• I can measure software quality metrics on a software system.

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STUDENT OUTCOMES ADDRESSED BY THIS COURSE

• SE 6 An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
• SE 7 An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge, as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

LIST OF TOPICS COVERED

• Introduction and Importance of Testing and Quality Assurance (Week 1-2)
• Verification: Static Testing Techniques (Week 2-5)
  • Code reviews
  • Technical document reviews
  • Walkthroughs
  • Inspections
• Functional, Structural, Regression Testing (Week 6-9)
• Validation: Dynamic Testing Techniques (Week 9-11)
  • Unit/Component testing
  • Popular unit testing frameworks
  • Integration testing
• Software Quality Assurance (Week 11-13)
  • Measuring software quality
  • Test/code coverage
  • Defect tracking
• Integration Testing in the Development Process (Week 14-16)
  • Continuous Integration/automatic test execution
  • Enabling testing in build system
  • Testing in development vs production environments
  • Test First/Test Driven Development