CSE 526Software Testing and Quality

AssuranceLecture #0

Course details• LTP – 3 0 0 [Three lectures/week]

• Text Book Software Quality Assurance by Daniel Galin, Pearson Education, 1st Edition

Ron Patton: Software Testing,

2nd Edition, Pearson. (2005)

Prerequisite: Software Engineering

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Course Assessment Model• Marks break up• Attendance 5• Academic Tasks (2 best out of 3) 20• MTE 25• ETE 50• Total 100

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Detail of academic task

• AT1: Test (lecture 14) Before MTT• AT2 :Test (lecture 30) After MTT• AT3 :Term paper (lecture 36) After MTT

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Course objectives

• To provide deep knowledge of software testing and quality assurance techniques.

• To enhance knowledge of students in automated testing tools.

• To encourage students towards research in quality and testing models.

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The course contents• Introduction: Uniqueness of software quality assurance,

Environment for which SQA methods are developed

• Software Quality infrastructure components: Objectives of training and certifications and its process. Corrective and preventive actions and their process, Development of solutions and implementation

• Standards, certification and assessment: ISO 90001 and ISO 9000-3, CMM and CMMI, Bootstrap methodology, IEEE/EIA std 12207, IEEE Std 1012

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Before MTE

• Software Testing Fundamentals: Black box, White box, Static and dynamic testing, Performing high level and low level review of specification test techniques

• Working with Test Documentation: Bug reporting, Test case planning overview, Isolating and reducing bugs, Bug life cycle, Bug tracking systems

• Miscellaneous Topics in Software Testing: Automated Tools for Testing

After MTE

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The course contents

The hitch…

The three BURNING questions in mind…

• Why are we learning STQA?

• What would we do with it?

• What will be the course outcome?

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Software Quality

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Quality assurance process

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ISO and CMM

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Software Testing Fundamentals

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Testing Life cycle

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Testing actors

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Bug tracker

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Test automation

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Learning outcome

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Introduction to software quality assurance