308716 (v.2) Software Engineering Testing 353

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
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	8934 (v.8) Software Engineering 252 or any previous version
Syllabus:	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 artefacts, 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.
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Field of Education:	031305 Computer Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Essential *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External