Course Synopsis
This is a graduate level course. The course will introduce the basics of software quality assurance. It will discuss the issues, processes, and techniques in software quality assurance. The course will train how to apply quality assurance techniques in different activities of software development and maintenance. It will introduce advance and potential research topics in software quality assurance.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Conduct effective and efficient inspections , quality assurance plans, and configuration management plans.
- Design and implement comprehensive test plans.
- Apply a wide variety of testing techniques in an effective and efficient manner.
- Assess a software process to evaluate how effective it is at promoting quality.
Course Contents
Introduction to Software Quality, Software Defects, Reasons of Poor Quality, Quality Laggards, Project Management Approaches, Cost and Economics of SQA, Quality Measurements, Software Requirements and SQA, Requirements Defects, Writing Quality Requirements, Quality Attributes of Requirements Document, Software Design Model and Software Design Defects, Quality Design Concepts, Programming and SQA, SQA Reviews, Software Inspections, Software Testing - WBT Techniques, BBT Techniques, Testing Strategies, Debugging, Test Planning, Automated Software Testing, Test Cases, Responsibilities of Testers; SQA and SCM, SCM Plan and SQA Plan, Process Assurance, Process Management and Improvement, Introduction to Quality Metrics, A Process Model of Software Quality Assurance.
Course Related Links
Details about SQA and Software Requirements can be found here
This URL provides the material about Software Quality Assurance and Management
This forum provides the discussions about the new topics in SQA
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