CSE4431 System Validation & Verification, Quality and Standard , Unit Information Guide (Semester 1, 2006)

• Understand the role of validation & verification methods in the system life cycle.

 

• Gain experience in using commercial validation tools such as TestStudio from Rational and TestDIrector from Mercury Interactive, and other similar products to help detect software system defects. Also gain experience in Performance and Load Testing with testing tools from these vendors
• Appreciate how assertion mechanisms impact reasoning.
• Be able to analyse and control defects in complex systems.
• Have an understanding of inspection & testing methods, configuration management, performance, and quality standards issues.

You should have knowledge of :

Programming in C, C++ and Java

CSE4431 is a core unit in the Bachelor of Software Engineering degree program. Before attempting this unit you must have satisfactorily completed [CSE2201, CSE2304, CSE2305, CSE3308, BUS2176 and CSE2/3391/2/3395 ] , or equivalent. You should have completed or doing CSE 4213 concurrently.

You should have knowledge of :

Programming in C, C++ and Java

Required text(s)

Relevant journals and conference proceedings are ued as reference material.

Text books are available from the Monash University Book Shops. Availability from other suppliers cannot be assured. The Bookshop orders texts in specifically for this unit. You are advised to purchase your text book early.

Software requirements:

available on Monatar entry for cse4431

Hardware requirements:

Bachelor of Software Engineering is offered only for On-campus students. They may use the facilities available in the computing labs. Information about computer use for students is available from the ITS Student Resource Guide in the Monash University Handbook. You will need to allocate up to 4hours per week for  use of a computer in the lab for doing assignments.

Study resources for CSE4431 are:

htp://www.csse.monash.edu.au/courseware/cse4431/

The site contains weekly topics, references, assignment details etc

The timetable for on-campus classes for this unit can be viewed in Allocate+

Assessment for the unit consists of n assignments with a weighting of x% and an examination with a weighting of y%. Read this section VERY carefully.

To pass this unit you must:

Assignment 1, 40 %, Due Date: Week 7

Assignment 2, 20%, Due Date: Week 9
Assignment 3,40%, Due Dates: Week 12

Your score for the unit will be calculated by:

Assessment Requirements

Assignment specifications will be made available on the unit webpage. Information about assignments will be published on the Unit's Notices Newsgroup.

Assignment 1- electronic submission as an email to Lecturer and individual interviews with the lecturer

Assignment 2 - demonstration of the individual's work in the lab

Assignment 3 - electronic submission as an email to Lecturer and individual presentation to class.

Late submission of assignments

Assignments received later than one week after the due date will not normally be accepted.

This policy is strict because comments or guidance will be given on assignments as they are returned, and sample solutions may also be published and distributed, after assignment marking or with the returned assignment. 

Extensions

It is your responsibility to structure your study program around assignment deadlines, family, work and other commitments. Factors such as normal work pressures, vacations, etc. are seldom regarded as appropriate reasons for granting extensions. 

Requests for extensions must be made with an email to the unit lecturer  at least two days before the due date. You will be asked to forward original medical certificates in cases of illness, and may be asked to provide other forms of documentation where necessary. A copy of the email or other written communication of an extension must be attached to the assignment submission.  This is forwarded to the admin office in the faculty for safe keeping and for consideration with similar requests of other lecturers by the student in case of illness or accidents.

Grading of assessment

Assignments, and the unit, will be marked and allocated a grade according to the following scale:

We will aim to have assignment results made available to you within two weeks after assignment receipt.

You will receive feedback on your work and progress in this unit. This feedback may be provided through your participation in tutorials and class discussions, as well as through your assignment submissions. It may come in the form of individual advice, marks and comments, or it may be provided as comment or reflection targeted at the group. It may be provided through personal interactions, such as interviews and on-line forums, or through other mechanisms such as on-line self-tests and publication of grade distributions.

You will be asked to provide feedback to the Faculty through a Unit Evaluation survey at the end of the semester. You may also be asked to complete surveys to help teaching staff improve the unit and unit delivery. Your input to such surveys is very important to the faculty and the teaching staff in maintaining relevant and high quality learning experiences for our students.

It is essential that you take action immediately if you realise that you have a problem with your study. The semester is short, so we can help you best if you let us know as soon as problems arise. Regardless of whether the problem is related directly to your progress in the unit, if it is likely to interfere with your progress you should discuss it with your lecturer or a Community Service counsellor as soon as possible.

Plagiarism and cheating are regarded as very serious offences. In cases where cheating  has been confirmed, students have been severely penalised, from losing all marks for an assignment, to facing disciplinary action at the Faculty level. While we would wish that all our students adhere to sound ethical conduct and honesty, I will ask you to acquaint yourself with Student Rights and Responsibilities and the Faculty regulations that apply to students detected cheating as these will be applied in all detected cases.

In this University, cheating means seeking to obtain an unfair advantage in any examination or any other written or practical work to be submitted or completed by a student for assessment. It includes the use, or attempted use, of any means to gain an unfair advantage for any assessable work in the unit, where the means is contrary to the instructions for such work. 

When you submit an individual assessment item, such as a program, a report, an essay, assignment or other piece of work, under your name you are understood to be stating that this is your own work. If a submission is identical with, or similar to, someone else's work, an assumption of cheating may arise. If you are planning on working with another student, it is acceptable to undertake research together, and discuss problems, but it is not acceptable to jointly develop or share solutions unless this is specified by your lecturer. 

Intentionally providing students with your solutions to assignments is classified as "assisting to cheat" and students who do this may be subject to disciplinary action. You should take reasonable care that your solution is not accidentally or deliberately obtained by other students. For example, do not leave copies of your work in progress on the hard drives of shared computers, and do not show your work to other students. If you believe this may have happened, please be sure to contact your lecturer as soon as possible.

Cheating also includes taking into an examination any material contrary to the regulations, including any bilingual dictionary, whether or not with the intention of using it to obtain an advantage.

Plagiarism involves the false representation of another person's ideas, or findings, as your own by either copying material or paraphrasing without citing sources. It is both professional and ethical to reference clearly the ideas and information that you have used from another writer. If the source is not identified, then you have plagiarised work of the other author. Plagiarism is a form of dishonesty that is insulting to the reader and grossly unfair to your student colleagues.

At the end of lectures or in the final year Monash University Software Engineering (MUSE) studio lab or in the lecturer's office for individual or group feedback & discussions.

Notices related to the unit during the semester will be placed on the Notices section of the web page in the Unit Website. Check this regularly. Failure to read the Notices  is not regarded as grounds for special consideration.

Consultation Times

The lecture is on wed from 9-11 am in sem 1 2006. It has always been on

wednesdays in the past.

Consultation time is 12-1pm wed and on mondays 10-11am

If direct communication with your unit adviser/lecturer or tutor outside of consultation periods is needed you may contact the lecturer and/or tutors at:

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All email communication to you from your lecturer will occur through your Monash student email address. Please ensure that you read it regularly, or forward your email to your main address. Also check that your contact information registered with the University is up to date in My.Monash.