Software Testing detailed syllabus for Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IEM students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Industrial Engineering & Management 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IEM 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to IEM Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of software testing is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
to Software Quality – Challenges – objectives – Quality Factors – Components of SQA -Contract Review – Development and Quality Plans – SQA Components in Project Life Cycle – SQA Defect Removal Policies – Reviews.
Unit II
TESTING METHODOLOGIES 9
Basics of Software Testing – Test Generation from Requirements – Finite State Models -Combinatorial Designs – Test Selection, Minimization and Prioritization for Regression Testing – Test Adequacy, Assessment and Enhancement.
Unit III
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Unit IV
TEST AUTOMATION AND MANAGEMENT 9
Test plan – Management – Execution and Reporting – Software Test Automation -Automated Testing tools – Hierarchical Models of Software Quality – Configuration Management – Documentation Control.
Unit V
SQA IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT 9
Project progress control – costs – quality management standards – project process standards – management and its role in SQA – SQA unit.
Course Outcomes:
- Design test cases suitable for a software development for different domains.
- Identify suitable tests to be carried out.
- Prepare test planning based on the document.
- Document test plans and test cases designed.
- Use automatic testing tools.
- Develop and validate a test plan
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Daniel Galin, —Software Quality Assurance – from Theory to ImplementationI, Pearson Education, 2009
- Yogesh Singh, “Software Testing”, Cambridge University Press, 2012
- AdityaMathur, —Foundations of Software TestingI, Pearson Education, 2008
- Ron Patton, —Software TestingI , Second Edition, Pearson Education, 2007
- SrinivasanDesikan, Gopalaswamy Ramesh, —Software Testing – Principles and PracticesI, Pearson Education, 2006
- Alan C Gillies, —Software Quality Theory and Management I, Cengage Learning, Second Edition, 2003.
- Robert Furtell, Donald Shafer, and Linda Shafer, “Quality Software Project Management”, Pearson Education Asia, 2002.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Industrial Engineering & Management 5th Sem, visit IEM 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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