Syllabus
15933 SWEN 5431-31 Testing, Verification
& Validation Syllabus
Time Wednesday Delta Building Room
234 - 50% Online
16874 SWEN 5431-32 Testing, Verification
& Validation Syllabus
16030 SWEN 5431-33 Testing, Verification
& Validation Syllabus
8 Week Spring Second Semester 2019
March 25, 2019 through May 18, 2019
Course Description
The student will learn the
role of verification and validation (V&V) in the system life cycle. To
investigate V&V techniques and tools. To understand quality assessment,
testing, inspection, proof-of-correctness and relevant V&V standards. The
student will be assigned chapters to read, tests for comprehension, exercises
to turn in, and a PowerPoint project to develop. The student can download and
read the course content, however the instructor will also look at the number
of times the student has accessed the content pages. The instructor will use
the student's access of the content to insure that the student has access the
course throughout the semester. A set of questions at the end of each lecture
will be available for the student's comprehension and understanding of the
material. There will be a classroom midterm and final if the student is on or
near the UHCL campus.
Instructor
James C. Helm, Ph.D., P.E.
University of Houston Clear Lake
Office: Delta Building room 123
2700 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77058-1098
Office Hours: by appointment, e-mail or by phone.
Phone: 281-283-3875
Fax: 281.283.3828
My email address is helm@uhcl.edu
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Schedule
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Class Schedule 2nd 8 Week Spring Semester
March 25, 2019 through May 18, 2019
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Class
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Week
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Topic
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Reading
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Assignment
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March
24 - 30
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Week 1
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Introduction To
Blackboard, Schedule and BB Units.
Read BB Unit 1. Testing
Why Do It?
This summer for the
project take a topic from Test Discipline Click Test..
Project due week 8 of
May 12 - 18
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Read BB Unit 1.0-1.2
Test Discipline Click Test and Read Introduction
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Course and Syllabus Introduction
Exercise 1
Quiz
1 Online.
Look through the material
on Test
Discipline Click Test for a
project topic.
Project due week 8 of
May 12
- 18
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March 31 -
April 6
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Week 2
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Read BB Unit 2. Example Software Development Process
Read BB Unit 2. Definition
of the Software Process Kernels
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Read BB Unit 2.0-2.2 Example
Software Development Process
Test Discipline
Click Test and Concepts read about the 15 concepts.
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Quiz 2 Online
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April
7 - 13
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Week 3
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Read BB Unit 3. Software Test Planning
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Read BB Unit 3.0-3.2 Test Planning
Test Discipline Click Test and Workflow. Click and
study the workflow concepts in the diagram.
Chapter 6 Item
qualification test planning analysis
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Exercise 2
Exercise 1 due
Quiz 3 Online
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April
14 - 20
Mid-Term Online
April
14 - 20
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Week 4
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Read BB Unit 4. Test Planning
Responsibilities
Read BB Unit 5. Read BB Unit Testing
Mid-Term Online
April
14 - 20
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Read BB Unit 4.0-4.2 Test Planning (continued)
Read BB Unit 5.0-5.2 Read BB
Unit Testing
Mid-Term Online
April
14 - 20
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Quiz 4 Online
Exercise 3
Exercise 2
Due
Quiz 5 Online
Mid-Term Online
April
14 - 20
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April
21 - 27
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Week 5
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Read BB Unit 6. Read BB Unit Testing
Responsibilities, test coverage and design
Read BB Unit 7. Software
Review Process Relating to Testing, V&V
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Read BB Unit 6.0-6.2 Read BB Unit Testing (continued)
Test Discipline Click Test and Activities. Read the
Four Tester Roles.
Read
BB Unit 7.0-7.2 Software Review
Process
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Quiz 6 Online
Quiz 7 Online
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April
28 - May 4
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Week 6
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Read BB Unit 8. Software Integration
Testing, Four Parts 8.0-8.3
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Read BB Unit 8.0-8.3 Software Integration Testing
Test Discipline Click Test and Artifacts. Click and Identify
the types of artifacts needed by the tester.
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Quiz 8 Online
Exercise 4
Exercise 3 due
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May 5 - 11
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Week 7
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Read BB Unit 9. Designing Integration Test
Plans Read BB Unit 10. Formal Testing
Project due week 8 of
May 12 - 18
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Read BB Unit 9.0-9.2. Designing
Integration Test Plans
Test Discipline Click Test and Guidelines. Review
each topic.
Read BB Unit 10.0-10.6 Formal Testing
Concepts
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Quiz 9 Online
Quiz 10 Online
Exercise 4 due
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May 12 - 18
Final Available
May 12 - 18
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Week 8
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Read BB Unit
11. Test Manager and Test Engineer during the formal test phases.
Read BB Unit 12. V&V
Test Design kernel.
Final
Available
May
12 - 18
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Read BB Unit 11.0-11.3 Formal Test Phases
Read BB Unit 12.0-12.2 Verification & Validation Test Design
Final
Available
May 12
- 18
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Quiz 11 Online
Quiz 12 Online
Final
May 12
- 18
Turn In Project
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Resources
The reading material and assignments will be taken from the Test Discipline
of the IBM Rational Unified process.
There are four assignments taken from the Test Discipline
The keys at the top of the page are links to Introduction, Concepts,
Workflow, Activities, Artifacts and Guidelines. The assignments are take from one of these six links.
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Course Outcomes
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Evaluation Method
Midterm - 20%
Four Exercises - 40%
The Project - 20%
The Final Exam - 20%
The student can download and read the course content, however the
instructor will also look at the number of times the student has accessed the
content pages. The instructor will use the student's access of the
content to insure that the student has access the course throughout the
semester. If you do not access the course content the instructor will give
the student a failing grade.
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Policies
Honesty Code
The Honesty Code is the university commRead BB Unity's standard of honesty and is
endorsed by all members of the University of Houston-Clear Lake academic
community. It is an essential element of the University's academic
credibility.
It states:
I will be honest in all my academic activities and will not tolerate dishonesty.
Disabilities
If you believe
that, you have a disability requiring an academic adjustment/auxiliary aid,
please contact Disability
Services by phone at 281-283-2648, or
email disability@uhcl.edu,
or go to the office in the Student Services Building (SSCB), Room 1.302.
The University of Houston System complies with Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990, pertaining to the provision of reasonable academic
adjustments/auxiliary aids for students with a disability. In accordance with
Section 504 and ADA guidelines, each University within the System strives to
provide reasonable academic adjustments/auxiliary aids to students who request
and require them.
Chat Room
Chat Rooms allow you to have real-time conversations with other class
members. There are 4 general-purpose rooms, one general forum for the course
and one for all courses. To enter a chat room, just click on it. The chat
applet will display who is in the chat room. You are able to send private
messages to selected class members by clicking on their names.
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Discussions Board
The discussions board feature provides three main functions. The user can
post, read and search for bulletin board messages. The discussions board
messages are viewed by all class members. This important source can provide
messages from the instructor and questions or answers from students in the
current course session. (How to use)
E-mail
E-mail allows you to send private messages to one or more class members.
These messages are only readable to the sender and receiver of the message.
(How to use)
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Exercise 1 Due the week 3 of April 7-13
Write two paragraph on how the Test discipline is related
to
the:
- Requirements disciplines
- Analysis &
Design disciplines
Reference: Test Discipline Click Test and Read Introduction
Exercise 2 Due the week 4 of April 14-20
Under
the topic of Test Automation and Tools give the six examples of tools that
may also be classified by Specialization.
Reference: Test Discipline
Exercise 3 Due the week 6 of April 28-May 4
Under the key Activities discuss the role and responsible of the Test
Designer. Use the figure found under Role: Test Designer.
Reference: Test Discipline
Exercise 4 Due the week 7 of May 5-11.
Under the Guideline key and Test Scripts, discuss the concept of Testing
and Debugging Test Scripts
Reference: Test Discipline
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Project
due the week 8 of
May 12-18
Use one of the
CONCEPTS taken from Reference:
Test Discipline
Your Project is to produce a PowerPoint presentation of 10 to 20 slides with
PowerPoint notes pages. In PowerPoint under view you can select Master and
the four options to insert master slide, the slide content, the slide notes. The notes are small sentences prompting
you about the bullets are about on the slide. Each slide should include a
notes page. The PowerPoint should include:
A cover page with the title, SWEN 5431, your name and the date. Reference: Test Discipline
An introduction (A sentence or two about what you are going to present).
The body of the presentation (who, what, where, when, why and how)
A conclusion (Tell the viewer what you told him/her).
A list of references (For all material use references
or source web URL's). Reference:
Test
Discipline
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