Course Outline-CSE435

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East West University

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

CSE435 – Software Quality Assurance

Course Outline for Summer 2016

Course Information

Course Code: CSE435

Course Title: Software Quality Assurance

Credit : 3 Credit

Lecture:

Room:

Instructor Information

Instructor: Shamim H Ripon, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. Of CSE

Office: 647, extension: 262,

Email: [email protected], URL: www.ewubd.edu/~dshr

Course Webpage: http://sites.google.com/site/shripon/cse435

You can use this web site to get lecture notes, useful links, assignments, and other useful

information. It is highly advised to visit the web site regularly

Teaching Assistant: TBA

Office Hour

Course Description

This course presents the main issues of quality assurance for software engineering. It

introduces software quality challenges and factors and the main quality considerations for

software. The following issues will be covered: quality assurance, quality factors,

components of a software quality assurance system, contract review, software

development and quality plans, activities and alternatives, integration of quality activities

in a project lifecycle, reviews, software inspection, software verification, testing processes,

static analysis, control-flow analysis, data-flow analysis, control-flow testing, loop testing,

data-flow testing, transaction-flow testing, domain testing, type-based analysis, dynamic

analysis, usage models, operational profiles, result and defect analysis, reliability,performance analysis, maintenance and reverse engineering, case tools and software

quality assurance. Students will discover various concepts and techniques developed in

recent research about software quality engineering and learn to apply them through

lectures, readings, assignment, and team project. Several materials from different sourceswill be used, particularly scientific papers.

Prerequisites: CSE411- Software Engineering. Good knowledge of mathematics and

logics will be very helpful

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Understand software quality assurance principles.

• Be able to apply those principles for concrete and complex projects.

• Understand and apply different testing techniques for software.

Course Materials

Readings:

1. Software Quality Assurance: From Theory to Implementation By Daniel Galin, Addison

Wesley, 2012 ISBN: 0-201-70945-7

This book covers several issues related to software quality assurance. Some

important chapters are: software quality challenge, what is software quality,

software quality factors, and software testing.

2. Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering By Stephen H. Kan, Addison-

Wesley, 2010 (available online) ISBN: 0-201-72915-6

This book is a reference in software metrics. It covers a comprehensive breadth of

measurement theory and software quality metrics.

• Lecture Notes + Papers that are required for the course will be delivered

during class and will be available on course webpage

Schedule

• Introduction (0.5 week)

o Introduction to Software Engineering

o Software Quality-what is it, how is it measured, how is it achieved

• Software Process (1.5 weeks)

o Software Process Models - plans for achieving and improving software quality

o eXtreme Programming - a controversial modern software process

• Software Testing (4 weeks)

o Systematic Testing - what is it, levels of testing, designing for test

o Black Box Testing - functional, input, output, partitioning and gray box testing

o

White Box Testing - coverage, path, decision and mutation testingo Continuous Testing - regression, defect testing

o Test Automation - test maintenance and analysis, harnesses, tracking, tools

• Software Inspection (2 weeks)

o Systematic Inspection - what is it, levels of inspection, inspection process,formal reviews


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o Inspection in the Software Process - requirements, design, process and code

inspections

o Code Inspection - techniques, practices, continuous inspection, refactoring

• Alternative Verification and Validation Techniques (2 week)

o Dynamic analysis, static analysis, formal methods.

• Software Metrics (2 weeks)

o Software Metrics -measurement basics, assessment and prediction

o Product Quality Metrics, Process Metrics, etc

Evaluation and Grading Policy

The relative contributions of quizzes, exams, and lab work are as follows

• Attendance (5%)

• 2 Quizzes out of 3 (15%)• Mid-I Exam (15%)

•Mid-II Exam (20%)

• Final Exam (25%)

• Project /Assignment (20%)

Details:

• Homework/Assignment: must be done in group of 3 (the same group as the project).

• Late assignments suffer a penalty rate of 20% per day, up to 5 days (weekendscount towards the 5 days). Assignments that are more than 5 days late are

penalized by 100%.

• Submit the signed Expectations of Originality form with each homework

assignment.• Failing Grade:

o Plagiarism, absenteeism, lack of preparation, and lack of effort will result in a

failing grade.

Exam Dates:

Mid Term 1

Mid Term 2

Final


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Special Instructions

• Students are expected to attend all classes, labs and examinations.

• Students will not be allowed to enter into the classroom after 20 minutes of the starting

time.

• For plagiarism, the grade will be automatically become zero for that exam/ assignment.

• There will be NO make-up examinations. In case of emergency, you MUST inform me

within 24 hours of the exam time. Failure to do so will mean that you are trying to take

UNFAIR advantage and you will be automatically disqualified. Also proper medical

certificate (if applicable) has to be presented on the next class you attend.

• You MUST have at least 80% class attendance to sit for the final exam.

• All mobile phones MUST be turned to silent during class, lab and exam period.

• There is zero tolerance for cheating at EWU. Students caught with cheat sheets in their

possession, whether used or not used, &/or copying from cheat sheets, writing on the palm

of hand, back of calculators, chairs or nearby walls, etc. would be treated as cheating in the

exam hall. The only penalty for cheating is expulsion from EWU.

Academic Code of Conduct

Academic IntegrityAny form of cheating, plagiarism, personation, falsification of a document as well as any

other form of dishonest behaviour related to obtaining academic gain or the avoidance of

evaluative exercises committed by a student is an academic offence under the AcademicCode of Conduct and may lead to severe penalties up to and including suspension and

expulsion.

Special Instructions

• Students are expected to attend all classes, labs and examinations.

• Students will not be allowed to enter into the classroom after 20 minutes of the

starting time.

• For plagiarism, the grade will be automatically become zero for that exam/assignment.

• There will be NO make-up examinations. In case of emergency, you MUST informme within 24 hours of the exam time. Failure to do so will mean that you are trying

to take UNFAIR advantage and you will be automatically disqualified. Also proper

medical certificate (if applicable) has to be presented on the next class you attend.

• You MUST have at least 80% class attendance to sit for the final exam.

• All mobile phones MUST be turned to silent during class, lab and exam period.

• There is zero tolerance for cheating at EWU. Students caught with cheat sheets in

their possession, whether used or not used, &/or copying from cheat sheets, writing

on the palm of hand, back of calculators, chairs or nearby walls, etc. would be

treated as cheating in the exam hall. The only penalty for cheating is expulsion from

EWU

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