ECTS - Software Testing and Maintenance

Software Testing and Maintenance (SE559) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Software Testing and Maintenance SE559 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to provide students with the knowledge of software testing, Different kinds of Testing approaches used in software development organizations.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Describe key techniques and principles of software testing
  • Explain and evaluate strategies for software testing for different software development life cycles, phases of testing, static testing
  • Knowledge of software testing techniques (both white-box and black-box)
  • Knowledge of defect management
  • Produce approximate documentation for testing, including test plans, procedures and reports
  • Work towards constructive cooperation in programming projects
Course Content Fundamentals of testing; testing through software lifecycle; lifecycle of testing; static testing techniques; test design techniques; defect management.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Fundamentals of Testing
2 Unit Testing – Boundary Value Testing
3 Unit Testing – Equivalence Class Testing
4 Unit Testing - Decision Table-based Testing
5 Unit Testing - Code-based Testing
6 Unit Testing - Code-based Testing
7 Pairwise Testing
8 MidtermExam
9 Testing OO software
10 Life-cycle based testing
11 Life-cycle based testing
12 Integration Testing
13 System Testing
14 Software Technical Reviews – Static Testing
15 Final examination

Sources

Course Book 1. Software Testing, A Craftsman's Approach, 5th Edition by P. C. Jorgensen and B. DeVries, 2021,CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-367-76762-4
Other Sources 2. Practical Software Testing, A. Yazıcı, S. Nazlıoğlu, T. Üstünkök, Ö. Tekin, Z. Y. Oğuz, Atılım Publications, 2022
3. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification 3rd Edition by Rex BLACK, Eric Van VEENENDAAL and Dorothy GRAHAM, ISBN-13: 978-140804405
4. K. Naik & P. Tripathy, “Software Testing & Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice”, John-Wiley, 2008.
5. Software Testing, Yogesh Singh, Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-107-01296-7
6. Software Testing Foundations, Andreas Spillner, Tilo Linz & Hans Schaefer, Rockynook, 4th Ed., 2012, ISBN: 978-1-937538-42-2
7. Software Testing In The Real World: Improving The Process by Edward Kit, 1995, ISBN-10: 0-201-87756-2; ISBN-13: 978-0-201-87756-4

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project 1 20
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 50
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems.
2 Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches.
3 An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices. X
4 An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements.
5 Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects.
6 An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain.
7 An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering.
8 Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies.
9 An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions.
10 Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 2 32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 15 15
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 10 10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 20 20
Total Workload 125