Option A: Critical Analysis
Study the overview of QA activities in Part I
(particularly Chapter 3 and general information from some chapters in Part III)
of our textbook,
review the state-of-practice of quality assurance and testing in your
current or former company,
and write a short essay to
1) summarize the current/previous practice,
2) analyze its strength and weakness areas,
and
3) discuss possible improvements.
In describing the current/previous practice,
you also need to briefly outline the specific quality/defect
definition of your company and the related defect handling process.
You should focus on the description of
the QA/testing activities and related techniques used,
and your critique (critical analysis and suggested improvements),
not just general software process or management issues.
In addition, if you think this will be linked to your course project,
some preliminary ideas (particularly, what's new/original for
your course project) should be discussed too.
(This is probably more appropriate for software professionals.
However, if you don't feel comfortable discussing the practices
at your company, you may choose the second option below.)
Option B:
If you do not have too much to report in the "practice" part,
or if you don't feel comfortable discussing the QA practice at
your current/former company due to confidentiality
or other reasons,
you can select a chapter from Ch.13-16,
or related papers or book chapters on similar topics,
and write a summary of the chapter/paper.
See the online list of related
books for additional reference.
(This is probably more appropriate for full-time students.
Please make sure it is your own summary, based on your understanding
of the subject after reading/studying, not something directly
from the original source you have just studied.)