CS 7314/5314 (Spring 2024)

List of Topics and Tentative Schedule

Prof. Jeff Tian (tian@smu.edu)

Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

8
9
10
11
12
13
14

15
16

17
Date
1/17
2/22, 24
1/29, 31
2/5, 7
2/12, 14
2/19
2/21
2/26, 28
3/4, 6
3/11, 13
3/18, 20
3/25, 27
4/1
4/3
4/8, 10
4/15, 17
4/22, 24
4/29
5/1
Exam week
Chapters
1a
1b-3a
3b-6a, (14)
6b, 8a
8b, 7
1-8
9a
9b-10a
10b
-
10c-11a
11b
11c-12
9-12
20, (13)
(15, 16), 17
18-19, (21, 22)
=
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all
Topic
Overview/Intro
Quality concept/QA activities & techniques
QA/SQE overview
testing overview and partition testing
=, usage models and Musa OP for UBST
Exam #1
Input domain testing
=, FSM-based testing
=, Markov OP for UBST
(Spring Break, no class)
Control flow testing
Data flow testing (project presentation begins)
Other testing (specialized & integrated)
Exam#2
Defect analysis/prevention, inspection
testing vs all other QA
Analysis/feedback/improvement (project presentation ends)
=, pre-Final review
(Reading day -- no class)
Final Exam


Prepared by Jeff Tian (tian@smu.edu).
Posted on: Jan. 16, 2024. Latest update: March 18, 2024.

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