IT6013 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURA|Syllabus

IT6013 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE L T P C 3 0 0 3

 OBJECTIVES:
 The student should be made to:

•  Understand the basic tenets of software quality and quality factors.
•  Be exposed to the Software Quality Assurance (SQA) architecture and the details of SQA components.
•  Understand of how the SQA components can be integrated into the project life cycle.
•  Be familiar with the software quality infrastructure.
•  Be exposed to the management components of software quality.

UNIT I             INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE QUALITY & ARCHITECTURE            (9)
 Need for Software quality – Quality challenges – Software quality assurance (SQA) – Definition and objectives – Software quality factors- McCall‟s quality model – SQA system and architecture – Software Project life cycle Components – Pre project quality components – Development and quality plans.

 UNIT II                  SQA COMPONENTS AND PROJECT LIFE CYCLE                                (9) 
Software Development methodologies – Quality assurance activities in the development process- Verification & Validation – Reviews – Software Testing – Software Testing implementations – Quality of software maintenance – Pre-Maintenance of software quality components – Quality assurance tools – CASE tools for software quality – Software maintenance quality – Project Management.

UNIT III                         SOFTWARE QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE                                     (9) 
Procedures and work instructions - Templates - Checklists – 3S developmenting - Staff training and certification Corrective and preventive actions – Configuration management – Software change control – Configuration management audit -Documentation control – Storage and retrieval.

UNIT IV                   SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT & METRICS                            (9)
 Project process control – Computerized tools - Software quality metrics – Objectives of quality measurement – Process metrics – Product metrics – Implementation – Limitations of software metrics – Cost of software quality – Classical quality cost model – Extended model – Application of Cost model.

UNIT V                    STANDARDS, CERTIFICATIONS & ASSESSMENTS                             (9)

 Quality manangement standards – ISO 9001 and ISO 9000-3 – capability Maturity Models – CMM and CMMI assessment methodologies - Bootstrap methodology – SPICE Project – SQA project process standards – IEEE st 1012 & 1028 – Organization of Quality Assurance – Department management responsibilities – Project management responsibilities – SQA units and other actors in SQA systems.

                                                                                                          TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOK:
1. Daniel Galin, “Software Quality Assurance”, Pearson Publication, 2009.

REFERENCES:
1. Alan C. Gillies, “Software Quality: Theory and Management”, International Thomson Computer Press, 1997.
2. Mordechai Ben-Menachem “Software Quality: Producing Practical Consistent Software”, International Thompson Computer Press, 1997.

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