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Valid for year : 2014
 
TDDD04 Software Testing, 6 ECTS credits.
/Programvarutestning/

For:   CS   D   DAV   IT  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
To prepare students to learn how to:
  • Apply general software testing principles and fundamental test processe
  • Implement test levels and types to various software development models
  • Understand, generalize and analyse different testing methods
  • Manage tests including planning, estimating, monitoring and controlling
  • Design, implement, explain, apply, and describe (oral and written)different test strategy and tools
  • Compare, criticize, evaluate, choose differnet testing methods


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Programming (Java, C, C++,C#), Data Structures and Algorithms, practical experience in developing complex software.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Organisation:
Lectures and laboratory work
Course contents:
Techniques and concepts for testing software. Topics cover software testing at unit, module and system levels, automatic and manual techniques for generating and validating test data, static and dynamic analysis. Tools and techniques for BDD.
Course literature:
Copeland, Lee. A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design, Artech House Publishers, 2003. ISBN 1-58053-791-X.
Additional online material published on the course web page.
Examination:
Written examination
Laboratory work
 4 ECTS
2 ECTS
 
The exam questions check how well the student has fulfilled the learnings goals of the course.


Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IDA.
Director of Studies: Tommy Färnqvist
Examiner: Ola Leifler
Link to the course homepage at the department


Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 03/21/2017