Part 1

• Option A: Critical Analysis
  Study the overview of QA activities in Part I (Ch.1-5, but particularly Chapter 3 and general information from Chapters 13-16 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, including the quality views/perspectives/definitions, testing and QA techniques used and activities performed, process/management/automation/etc. related to QA (not generic software process and project management),
  2. analyze its strength and weakness areas, and
  3. discuss possible improvements. You should focus on QA/testing, not general software process or project management issues.
  Notice: 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 your own summary of the chapter/paper. You may consult the online list of related books/references for additional reference or find your own.
  Notice: Please make sure that it is your own summary, based on your understanding of the subject after reading/studying, not the abstract, summary, or similar things directly from the original source you have just studied.

Part 2: Problems from our textbook

• Problems 1.3 and 3.6.

Due Date:

• 1/18/2021.