CSE 7314, Spring 2005

Software Testing and Quality Assurance

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Prof. Jeff Tian
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering,
Southern Methodist University,
6425 North Ownby Drive, Dallas, TX 75275-0122
Science Information Center (SIC) Rm.318
(214)768-2861
(214)768-3085
tian@engr.smu.edu (preferred means of communication)
www.engr.smu.edu/~tian/class/7314.05s
Saturdays (Exec MS/SE schedule)
W 1:30-3:30pm F 2:00-3:00pm
Contact Debra McDowell at (214)768-3080 or debra@engr.smu.edu

Please bring your project presentation/summary in a CD/floppy/memory-stick to the class or e-mail me early so that we can load it up in my laptop and show it in class on 5/7/05.
All the graded hw#4's were mailed back by 4/27/05 via regular US mail. The answer sketches were posted on 5/4/05.
Meeting with John Musa 4/13/05 from 2:45-3:15pm in the CSE conference room. (If you arrive early, you can also join other graduate students to meet with him from 2:15-2:45pm, same place).

Be sure to bring some program code or product specification/description/documentation to every class for in-class exercises and/or working group sessions.
Homework #4: Due 4/18/05.
New: answer sketches.
Homework #3: Due 4/4/05.
Homework #2 and answer sketches.
Homework #1.
Project information.

Online syllabus.
Online information/material at the book website for " Software Quality Engineering" (published on 2/4/05, now available from the publisher/bookstores) by Jeff Tian, including:
- slides (latest update on 2/11/05),
- sample chapters,
- table of contents, etc.
Material for class 1 (Jan. 15, 2005):
- Tian/SQP 2001 paper at ASQ web site
  (J. Tian, "Quality Assurance Alternatives and Techniques: A Defect-Based Survey and Analysis", Software Quality Professional, Vol. 3, No.3, pp.6-18, June, 2001.)
- Slides: for Part I at the SQE book website, (including updated slides for Part III and Chapter 6&7 initially posted here)
- Notice: I'll also bring some hardcopy reading material to class.
Updated list of references and Testing/QA/SE literature.

Our textbook "Software Quality Engineering" is available now (published on Feb. 4, 2005). Be sure to check our bookstore/online order to get your copy ASAP.
No hardcopy of the online homework assignments and other course material will be sent to you unless specifically requested (by contacting Debra).
Electronic submission of homework/project-related material are accepted in the following forms:
- Plain text files.
- Microsoft Word documents.
- Postscript or PDF files.
- HTML or other web-based documents.
Be sure to include your name, preferably on every page.
These submissions will not be individually acknowledged. But you can check with me if you suspect delivery problems.

Prepared by Jeff Tian (tian@engr.smu.edu).
Posted: Jan. 10, 2005. Last update: May 4, 2005.