Software Testing and Quality Assurance

Course Code:

COMP 425

Course Period:

Spring

Course Type:

Core

P:

3

Lab:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

5

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

The aim and objective of this course is to teach students the concepts and skills needed for SQA and Testing. Software quality assurance (SQA or simply QA) is viewed as an activity that runs through the entire development process.

Course Content:

Quality Assurance & Review Techniques, Defect Prevention and Removal, Testing Strategies, Testing Conventional and Object Oriented Applications Techniques, Acquaintance to Formal Modeling and Verification methods

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Lab Work

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Testing, B: Laboratory C: Homework D: Project

Vertical Tabs

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Understand general concepts about quality, quality assurance (QA), and software quality engineering (SQE)	6	1,4	A,B,C
Choose appropriate testing strategies and develop test cases	6,9,8	1,2,3,4	B,C
Create control flow and data flow testing by using both control flow (graphs) and data flow diagrams respectively and hence getting a clear insight between control flow and data flow testing.	6	1,2,3,4	A,B,D

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Quality Management	Lecture Notes
2	Software Defects and Review Techniques	Lecture Notes
3	Software Quality Assurance	Lecture Notes
4	Software Testing Strategies	Lecture Notes
5	Testing Strategies for Conventional Softwares	Lecture Notes
6	System Testing	Lecture Notes
7	MIDTERM EXAMINATION
8	Testing Conventional Applications Part 1	Lecture Notes
9	Testing Conventional Applications Part 2	Lecture Notes
10	Testing Object Oriented Applications	Lecture Notes
11	Testing Web Applications Part 1	Lecture Notes
12	Testing Web Applications Part 2	Lecture Notes
13	Formal Modeling and Verification	Lecture Notes
14	Porject Presentations	Lecture Notes
15	Final Examination

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook	Software Engineering - A Practitioner's Approach ( 7th edition ) by Roger S. Pressman. ISBN 13. 9780073375977.
Additional Resources	Software Testing and Quality Assurance : Theory and Practice by Kshirasagar Naik, Priyadarshi

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents	Presentations and Laboratory Sheets
Assignments	Homework Sheets
Exams	Old exam questions

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	20
Projects	1	50
Assignment and Labwork	5	30
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		60
Total		100

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	3	42
Mid-terms	1	2	2
Project	1	30	30
Homework	5	6	30
Final examination	2 (Including reparation)	3	6
Total Work Load			152
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			6,08
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

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