This unit covers the fundamental products, processes and techniques for system validation and verifications including testing methodologies, static program analysis and code quality measurement and monitoring. Open-source tools will be used to apply in practice knowledge learnt about software testing from a theoretical perspective. Inspection and testing methodologies, analysis of artefacts, robustness, performance analysis configuration management, quality assurance plan and standards, compliance, assessment, certification issues are covered. It shows how to predict, analyse and control defects in complex software systems.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 1 hr tutorial/wk
Estimated weekly commitment needed for the unit, including classes, reading, assessment, time needed for computer access, and other activities:
CSE4431
FIT2004, FIT2024, FIT3042, FIT3077 and one of FIT2002 or FIT3086
or students must be enrolled in FIT Masters program at Monash
Yuan-Fang Li
Nabeel Mohammed
Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Unit, Integration, System and Continuous testing - Phase 1 | 15% | Week 4 |
| Unit, Integration, System and Continuous testing - Phase 2 | 15% | Week 8 |
| Unit, Integration, System and Continuous testing - Phase 3 | 20% | Week 12 |
| Examination 1 | 50% | To be advised |
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Please check with your lecturer before purchasing any Required Resources. Prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library, and prescribed software is available in student labs.
The MUSE Lab in Bldg 26/G13 is the lab used for this unit. It has all the software available in standard student labs and is also equipped with:
Software may be:
Students are encouraged to use their own laptops to work on project assignments. All required software can be downloaded and installed onto personal laptops.
Jorgensen, Paul C. (2008). Software Testing, A Craftsman's Approach. (Third Edition) Auerbach Publications.
| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | Overview, testing fundamentals | |
| 2 | Mathematics for software testing & quality: set theory, graph theory, etc. | |
| 3 | Black-box testing | |
| 4 | White-box testing I | Unit, Integration, System and Continuous testing - Phase 1 due Week 4 |
| 5 | White-box testing II | |
| 6 | Component testing | |
| 7 | Software quality & metrics | |
| 8 | System testing | Unit, Integration, System and Continuous testing - Phase 2 due Week 8 |
| 9 | Object-oriented testing | |
| 10 | Mutation testing | |
| 11 | Testing vs model checking vs theorem proving | |
| 12 | Revision | Unit, Integration, System and Continuous testing - Phase 3 due Week 12 |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
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Tutorials run from week 2 through to week 12. Questions related to lectures, assignment demos and literature reading will be conducted in tutorials.
To encourage active participation a hurdle requirement has been added for tutorials. The grades for this hurdle are "pass" and "fail". Each tutorial carries one tick; and to pass this hurdle a student must earn at least five ticks (out of eleven). To earn a tick a student must attend the tutorial and participate in the discussions.
This assignment is evaluated on the correctness and completeness of the work:
No written or file submission is required for this assessment. It will be based only on a demo in the lab and answering queries & during an interview.
The assignment will be assessed by its correctness and completeness.
No written or file submission is required for this assessment. It will be based only on a demo in the lab and answering queries & during an interview.
The assignment will be assessed by its correctness and completeness.
No written or file submission is required for this assessment. It will be based only on a demo in the lab and answering queries & during an interview.
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