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 |
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| Software Testing and Maintenance | SE559 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| 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 Lecturer(s) |
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| 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;
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| 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 |
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| 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 | ||