Syllabus - Fall 2016

IS2545: Software Quality Assurance

Although the professor will make a best effort to have the class topic on the day listed, occasionally a change must be made. However, these are the topics that will be covered and the expected date that they will be taught.

Class 1 (Sept 1)

Introductions
What is quality assurance?
History of quality assurance
Testing theory and terminology
READING: Chapters 1 - 4

Class 2 (Sept 8)

Requirements
Defects
Test plans
READING: Chapters 5 - 9
DELIVERABLE 1 ASSIGNED

Class 3 (Sept 15)

Smoke testing
Acceptance testing
Exploratory testing
Automated vs manual testing
READING: Chapter 10 - 12
DELIVERABLE 1 DUE

Class 4 (Sept 22)

Unit testing
READING: Chapter 13 - 14
DELIVERABLE 2 ASSIGNED

Class 5 (Sept 29)

Test driven development
Writing testable code
Git/unit testing in-class exercise
READING: Chapter 15 - 16

Class 6 (Oct 6)

Web testing with Selenium
Behavior driven development
DELIVERABLE 2 DUE
DELIVERABLE 3 ASSIGNED

Class 7 (Oct 13)

Web testing with REST
Web testing in-class exercise

Class 8 (Oct 20)

Pairwise and combinatorial testing
Stochastic and property-based testing
READING: Chapter 17-18
DELIVERABLE 3 DUE

No class Oct 27

Class 9 (Nov 3)

Performance testing
Performance testing in-class exercise
READING: Chapter 19
DELIVERABLE 4 ASSIGNED

Class 10 (Nov 10)

Security testing
Security testing in-class exercise
READING: Chpater 20
DELIVERABLE 4 DUE
DELIVERABLE 5 ASSIGNED

Class 11 (Nov 17)

Stakeholder interaction
Quality strategy
READING: Chapter 21
DELIVERABLE 5 DUE
DELIVERABLE 6 ASSIGNED

No class Nov 24 Thanksgiving recess

Class 12 (Dec 1)

Built in extra day

Class 13 (Dec 8)

User Experience (guest lecture)

Class 14 (Dec 15)

Final presentations