Created as part of the Master of Computer Science degree, and is one of six core requirements for the Software Engineering specialisation.

05/02/2021: Updating assessment

Created as part of the Master of Computer Science degree, and is one of six core requirements for the Software Engineering specialisation.

This unit is intended to provide a deep coverage of various testing techniques and analysis of results such as test coverage according to various criteria. It also builds skills and experience in the student, w.r.t. building and maintaining quality code with automated testing tools.

Software Quality Engineering is covered as the need for the culture of quality is critical for SE students. They need to believe that they are real engineers and must develop a sense of engineering ethos and an understanding of the responsibilities of an engineer in producing and maintaining quality products through techniques such as regression testing, prioritization of test artefacts etc. V and V must adhere to industry standards and SE standards.

On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. explain the importance of quality assurance in software engineering; articulate the role of validation and verification methods in the system development life cycle; key issues in software testing, testing levels and testing techniques;
2. categorise and apply selection and combination of techniques and test related measures;
3. measure, evaluate and analyse software under test using different quality and complexity metrics;
4. develop adequate test cases to help detect software system defects using industry-strength IDEs, unit testing frameworks such as JUnit, code coverage tools such as Cobertura, and other similar products;
5. Implement continuous integration (CI) at unit, integration & system testing level using a CI server such as Jenkins to automatically run regression test suites on the system under test.

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This unit covers the core software engineering disciplines concerned with managing and delivering quality software. Topics include processes, tools and techniques for system validation and verification, including major commercial tools used in industry. It shows how to detect, analyse and control defects in complex software systems. Inspection and testing methodologies, analysis of artefacts, robustness, quality assurance, and advanced software validation and verification methods are covered.

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In-semester Assessment: 100%

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ITO5047, ITO5136, ITO5163