308716 (v.1) Software Engineering Testing 352
| Area: | Department of Computing |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** | |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 12335 (v.5) Software Engineering 351 or any previous version AND 303008 (v.3) Software Engineering Tools and Metrics 352 or any previous version |
| Syllabus: | This unit will not be available until 2006. An in-depth examination of unit, integration and system testing and the maintenance of large software-based systems. Topics include automated regression testing, equivalence partitioning and boundary-value analysis. Testing approaches based on decision tables, graph theory, finite-state machines, formal specifications and method assertions. Fault seeding and statistical approaches to testing. Testing of graphical user interfaces. Stress testing. Test-driven development and eXtreme programming. Development of a software configuration management plan encompassing tool selection, identification of artifacts, baseline and change control, measurement, auditing and reporting, and release of deliverables. Maintenance processes, including identification and classification of changes, cost and estimation, and strategies for reuse and reverse engineering. |
| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** | |
| Field of Education: | 031305 Computer Engineering |
| Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Essential *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Curtin University of Technology
Current as of: November 2, 2004
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