CSE 5314/7314, Fall 2009

Software Testing and Quality Assurance

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Prof. Jeff Tian
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering,
Southern Methodist University,
6116 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75206
Expressway Tower 800S
(214)768-2861
(214)768-3085
tian@lyle.smu.edu (preferred means of communication)
lyle.smu.edu/~tian/class/7314.09f
Wednesdays 6:30-9:20pm, Junkins 113
W 3:30-5pm at SIC 314 and Th 10:30am-12:00noon at my office
Rasika Reddy Borra, rborra@smu.edu
Contact Debra McDowell at (214)768-3080 or debra@lyle.smu.edu

Final exam will be on 12/16/09. Distance student have until 1/8/10 to take it, unless you are graduating (in that case, I must receive your exam by 5pm Friday 12/18/09).
Project presentationn schedule updated.
Please check to see your presentation date and let me know immediately if there is a problem.
New due date for project summary: 11/25/09 for all students.
(to avoid having it due at the same time as hw#4)
Also, as noted in project description, the summaries are for sharing with the rest of the class. I won't be sending back a grade/feedback.
Feedback to project proposals via e-mail. No revised proposal required unless specifically instructed to do so. Some common problems (requiring additional technical details, macro-analysis) will be discussed in class.
Please submit your homework to our grader, Rasika Reddy Borra, via e-mail at rborra@smu.edu.
Further clarification: All project related documents should be submitted to the instructor.
(I'll be grading projects and exams.)

Homework #4: Due 11/18/09.
(Due date remains 11/18/09, but project summary due date changed to 11/25/09 for all students.)
Homework #3: Due 11/4/09.
Homework #2: Due 9/30/09.
Homework #1: Due 9/16/09.
Course project information and due dates: Proposal due: 10/7/09; Summary due: 11/18/09; Report due: 12/2/09.
New due dates for summary: 11/25/09 for all students.
See the updated project presentation schedule.

Syllabus and tentative schedule.
Information/material at my book website for Software Quality Engineering, including slides for all the chapters.
List of additional references.

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 (for projects) or your grader (for homeworks) if you suspect delivery problems.

Prepared by Jeff Tian (tian@lyle.smu.edu).
Posted: Aug. 11, 2009. Last update: Dec. 9, 2009.