COEN 286: Syllabus

Software Testing and Quality Assurance -- winter, 2008

Prof. John Noll

Santa Clara University

1. Introduction (January 10)
   • Course overview
   • Test Objectives, Lexicon, Lifecycle
   • Test Planning

   Read:

   1. Good Enough Quality

2. Exploratory Testing (January 17)
   • Exploratory Testing Exercise (in-class)

   Read:

   1. Pezze & Young, Ch. 9.
   2. General Functionality and Stability Test Procedure
   3. Exploratory Testing Explained

3. What to Test When: Risk Analysis (January 24)

   Read:

   1. Pezze & Young, Ch. 20 pp.386-389.
   2. A Risk Based Test Strategy
   3. The Risks to System Quality
   4. Risk Analysis Basics (Another technique similar to mine).
   5. My risk analysis notes.

4. Domain Analysis (January 31)

   Read:

   • Pezze & Young, Ch. 10-11.
   • Equivalence Class and Boundary Value Analysis
   Test exercise due January 31.

5. The Test Inventory (February 7)

   Read:

   • Pezze & Young, Ch. 11.
   Risk Analysis due February 7.

6. Test Automation (February 14)

   Read:

   • Pezze & Young, Ch. 17, 23.
   • Canoo WebTest tool

7. Reviews and Inspections (February 21)

   Read:

   • Pezze & Young, Ch. 18.
   Domain Analysis due February 21.

8. Code Review (February 28)

   Code Inspection due February 28.

9. Test Planning (March 6)

   Read:

   • Pezze & Young, Ch. 20, 24.
   • An example of a test plan template.

   Test Implementation due March 13, at 23:59 (midnight).

10. Organizational Issues (March 13)

    Read:

    • Pezze & Young, Ch. 4.

11. Finals week (March 20 )

    Test Plan due March 20, at 23:59 (midnight).

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