Subject

Software Quality and Testing

Course Title

Software Quality and Testing
Software quality and testing

Code

F23L3S019

Study Programme

Software Engineering and Information Systems, Software Engineering

Organizer of the study programme (unit, institute, department or division)

Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering

Degree level (first, second, third cycle)

First Cycle

Academic year / semester

6 / Summer

Number of ECTS credits

Teacher

Boyana Kotesk, Georgi Madjarov, Hristina Mihajloska Trpcheska

Prerequisites for enrolling in the course

Software Engineering or Software Design and Architecture

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Objectives of the course programme (competences)

The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the need for software testing, the various software modeling techniques and how to use those models for testing, as well as hands-on work in software testing, validation, and verification.

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Course content

Lectures:
1. Software Testing Fundamentals
2. Agile Methods in Software Testing
3. Partitioning the software's input space
4. Modeling and testing software with graphs
5. Software Automation Testing
6. Testing Object-Oriented Applications
7. Modeling and testing software with logical expressions
8. Syntax Modeling and Testing of Software
9. Mutation testing of software
10. Web Application and Web Service Testing

Practical Classes:
1. Introduction to Modular Testing
2. Modular testing
3. Partitioning the software's input space
4. Modeling and testing software with graphs
5. Software Automation Testing
6. Testing Object-Oriented Applications
7. Modeling and testing software with logical expressions
8. Syntax Modeling and Testing of Software
9. Mutation testing of software
10. Web Application and Web Service Testing

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Learning methods

Lectures, exercises, independent work, project assignments, seminar papers

13.

Total available time

6 ECTS x 30 hours = 180 hours

14.

Distribution of available time

30 + 45 + 15 + 15 + 75 = 180 hours

15.

Forms of teaching activities

15.1.	Lectures - theoretical instruction	30 hours
15.2.	Exercises (laboratory, auditory), seminars, teamwork	45 hours

16.

Other forms of activities

16.1.	Project assignments	15 hours
16.2.	Independent assignments	15 hours
16.3.	Home study	75 hours

17.

Assessment method

17.1.	Tests	10 points
17.2.	Seminar paper / project (presentation: written and oral)	15 points
17.3.	Activities and learning	10 points
17.4.	Final exam	70 points

18.

Grading criteria (points / grade)

up to 50 points	5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points	6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points	7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points	8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points	9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points	10 (ten) (A)

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Requirement for obtaining a signature and taking the final exam

Laboratory exercises were conducted.

20.

Language of instruction

Macedonian and English

21.

Method for monitoring the quality of teaching

internal evaluation and survey mechanism

22.

Literature

22.1.	Required literature 1. Paul Ammann and Jeff Offutt \| Introduction to Software Testing (2nd edition) \| Cambridge University Press \| 2016 2. Ilene Burnstein \| Practical Software Testing: A Process-Oriented Approach \| Springer Professional Computing \| 2006
22.2.	Additional literature No. Author Title Publisher Year