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<<<PE103>>> SOFTWARE TESTING

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Course Objectives

• To be familiar with objectives, principles, process, and factors of software testing
• To learn the design of test cases using Black box approach and white box approaches
• To understand and apply the levels of testing
• To understand automation methods in software testing
• To test the product to check the product Quality.

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UNIT I

TESTING FUNDAMENTALS

9

Objectives and Principles: Fundamental test process – Test levels – Establishing a testing policy – Structured approach to testing – Test factors – Developing risk matrix – Steps in software testing process.

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UNIT II

TEST CASE DESIGN STRATEGIES AND METHODS

9

Strategies and Methods for Test Case Design: Introduction to testing design strategies – Test case design strategies – Using the black box approach to test case design – Random testing – Equivalence class partitioning – Boundary value analysis – Cause-and-effect graphing – State transition testing – Error guessing; Using the white box approach to test design – Coverage and control flow graphs – Covering code logic – Paths – Data flow and white box test design – Loop testing–Mutation testing;

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UNIT III

LEVELS OF TESTING

9

Levels of Testing: The Need for levels of testing – Unit test functions, procedures, classes and methods as units – Unit test planning – Designing the unit tests – The test harness – Running the unit tests and recording results – Integration tests – Designing integration tests – Integration test planning – System test – Functional testing – Performance testing– Stress testing – Configuration testing – Security testing – Recovery testing – Regression testing – Alpha, beta and acceptance tests.

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UNIT IV

TEST AUTOMATION AND MANAGEMENT

9

Test Planning, Management, execution and Reporting : Test planning – Management – Process – Reporting; Software Test Automation: Testing tools; Controlling and Monitoring the Testing Process: Measurements and milestones for controlling and monitoring – Criteria for test completion – Configuration management – Controlling and monitoring.

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UNIT V

SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE

9

Software Quality; Quality Factors: Product operation, revision and transition; Components of SQA: System and architecture; Pre-Project Components; Contract Review; Development and Quality Plans; SQA Components in Project Life Cycle: SQA defect removal policies; Reviews; Project progress control; Costs; Quality Management Standards; Project Process Standards; Management and its Role in SQA; SQA Unit.

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COURSE OUTCOMES

Upon the completion of the course the students should be able to:

• Understand software testing objectives, principles and practices (K2)
• Apply Black and white box approach to design test cases (K3)
• Understand and apply levels of testing (K3)
• Apply Automation tools for software testing in projects (K3)
• Analyze the product Quality (K3).

TEXT BOOKS

1. Gopalaswamy Ramesh, Srinivasan Desikan,“Software Testing: Principles and Practices”, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2006 (Units I, IV).
2. Llene Burnstein, ”Practical Software Testing”, Springer International Edition, Chennai, 2003 (Units II, III, IV).

REFERENCES

1. Aditya Mathur, “Foundations of Software Testing”, Pearson Education, 2008.
2. Daniel Galin, “Software Quality Assurance – From Theory to Implementation”, Pearson Education, 2009 (UNIT-V)
3. Alan C Gillies, “Software Quality Theory and Management”, 2nd Edition,Cengage Learning, 2003.
4. Robert Furtell, Donald Shafer, and Linda Shafer, “Quality Software Project Management”, Pearson Education Asia, 2002.
5. Ron Patton, “Software Testing”, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.

CO PO MAPPING

		PO1	PO2	PO3	PO4	PO5	PO6	PO7	PO8	PO9	PO10	PO11	PO12	PSO1	PSO2	PSO3
		K3	K6	K6	K6	K6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	K6	K5	K6
CO1	K2	2	1	1		1
CO2	K3	3	2
CO3	K3	3	2		2					3		3		2
CO4	K3	3	2		2					3		3		2
CO5	K3	3	2
Score		14	9	1	4	1				6		6		4
Course Mapping		3	2	1	2	1				3		3		2