Quality Assurance and Testing(G53QAT)

General Information:

The information here corresponds to Semester 1 of the session 2009-2010.

See the G53QAT Module Specification.

Timetable for Semester 1 in 2009-2010: See below. Max 2 lectures per week from:

-- Tuesday 16:00-17:00 in A25-BSSOUTH
-- Thursday 13:00-14:00 in B43-Dearing
-- Friday 12:00-13:00 in C60 Comp Sci

See the Module Reading List. Main text is Software Quality Assurance by Daniel Galin, ISBN 0-201-70945-7.

Topics

These notes are from last year, but are unlikely to change much.

Lecture 1 -- Introduction (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up)

Lecture 2 -- What is Software Quality (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up)

Lecture 3 -- Software Quality Factors (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up)

Lecture 4 -- Components of SQA System Overview (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up)

Lecture 5 -- Pre-project s/w Quality Components (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up)

Lecture 6 -- Integrating quality activities in the project life cycle (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up)

Lecture 7 -- Reviews (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up) Example: NASA's Formal Inspection Guidebook

Lecture 8 -- Software Testing Strategies 1 (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up)

Lecture 9 -- Black Box testing (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up).

Lecture 10 -- Software testing, implementation (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up).

Lecture 11 -- Software Quality Metrics (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up).

lecture 12 -- The function point method (pdf 4 up, pdf 6 up).

Timetable

Event	Date	Location
Lecture 1	Tues, 29 Sep, 16:00	BSSouth A25
Lecture 2	Thur, 01 Oct, 13:00	Dearing B43
Lecture 3	Tues, 06 Oct, 16:00	BSSouth A25
Lecture 4	Thur, 08 Oct, 13:00	Dearing B43
Lecture 5	Thur, 15 Oct, 13:00	Dearing B43
Lecture 6	Fri, 16 Oct, 12:00	CompSci C60
Lecture 7	Tues, 20 Oct, 16:00	Comp Sci C60
Lecture 8	Thur, 22 Oct, 13:00	Comp Sci C60
Lecture 9	Thur, 29 Oct, 13:00	Dearing B43
Lecture 10	Fri, 30 Oct, 12:00	CompSci C60
Lecture 11	Thur, 12 Nov, 13:00	Dearing B43
Lecture 12	Fri, 13 Nov, 12:00	CompSci C60
Presentations 1	Thur, 19 Nov, 12:00	Comp Sci C1
Presentations 2	Thur, 19 Nov, 13:00	Comp Sci C1
Presentations 3	Fri, 20 Nov, 12:00	Comp Sci C60
Presentations 4	Tues, 24 Nov, 16:00	Comp Sci C60
Presentations 5	Thur, 26 Nov, 12:00	Comp Sci C1
Presentations 6	Thur, 26 Nov, 13:00	Comp Sci C1
Presentations 7	Fri, 27 Nov, 10:00	Comp Sci C1
Presentations 8	Fri, 27 Nov, 12:00	Comp Sci C60 (if needed)
Report deadine	27th Nov 2009, 16:00
Reports review deadline	9th Dec 2009, 16:00

CourseWork

The CourseWork comes in four parts.

1.

Prepare a short report in your own words, in the form of a Word 2003 Document, on the topic you have been allocated [this is not finished - times, locations and allocated topics not yet available. Also if your name appears (rather than login) it means I don't have your login - please email me with it]. This should be about 2000 words long. Make links from the document to your references. I will copy your report (and ppt presentation - see below) and make it accessible from the presentation list page. Marks: 20% Deadline: 27th November, 2009.

Submission: Via the electronic submission system and paper handin to the School Office. The file should be called QAT09Report-<UID>.doc

2.

Prepare and give a short presentation on your topic at the time allocated in the list. The talk should be ten minutes with two minutes for questions. The source for the PowerPoint (or other system) presentation should also be made available. Marks: 10% Deadline: see schedule. The presentations should start exactly on-time.

Submission: Present the work at your allocated time. The ppt document should be submitted via the electronic submission system (full ppt) and paper handin (handouts - six up) to the School Office. The file should be called QAT09Presentations-<UID>.doc within one day of the presentation.

3.

Write a brief review assessing the quality of the two reports from section 1 that you have been allocated (links to these will be placed on the web. The allocation is to the other two people in your presentation slot. Marks: 10% Deadline: 9th December, 2009.

Submission: Via the electronic submission system and paper handin to the School Office. The file should be called QAT09Reviews-<UID>.doc Please keep the reviews to between about 15 and 25 lines each.

Please structure your review report as follows...

Review criteria
==========

<Here goes what you have based your review on>

Review 1 - <put UID of the website author here>
===============================

<The review goes here>

Review 2 - <put UID of the website author here>
===============================

<The review goes here>

4.

Give short written feedback on at least 80% of the presentations that are given in section 2. Marks: 0% Deadline: Hand in assessment forms at the end of each presentation session. If you do not attend a minimum of 80% of the presentations I reserve the right to award zero for the coursework component of this module!

Submission: Via forms at the end of each presentation slot.

Remember the exam makes up the remaining 60% of the assessment for this module (Marks: 60%).

Coursework feedback will appear here

Exam paper for 2008-2009 is here. Exam feedback for 2008/9 is here