Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2017
 
TDDD04 Software Testing, 6 ECTS credits.
/Programvarutestning/

For:   CS   D   DAV   I   Ii   IT   U  

 

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:
After the course, students shall be able to:
  • Apply general software testing principles and fundamental test processes
  • Describe and apply software test management techniques such as test planning, automated test frameworks and test monitoring.
  • Evaluate software 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, lessons 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
 



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


Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology

 


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