IT6004 SOFTWARE TESTING | syllabus (ELECTIVE-I)

IT6004     SOFTWARE TESTING L T P C 3 0 0 3

OBJECTIVES:

The student should be made to:
 Expose the criteria for test cases.
 Learn the design of test cases.
 Be familiar with test management and test automation techniques.
 Be exposed to test metrics and measurements.

UNIT I      INTRODUCTION    (9)

Testing as an Engineering Activity – Testing as a Process – Testing axioms – Basic definitions –
Software Testing Principles – The Tester’s Role in a Software Development Organization – Origins of
Defects – Cost of defects – Defect Classes – The Defect Repository and Test Design – Defect
Examples – Developer/Tester Support of Developing a Defect Repository – Defect Prevention
strategies.

UNIT II      TEST CASE DESIGN    (9)

Test case Design Strategies – Using Black Bod Approach to Test Case Design – Random Testing –
Requirements based testing – Boundary Value Analysis – Equivalence Class Partitioning – Statebased
testing – Cause-effect graphing – Compatibility testing – user documentation testing – domain
testing – Using White Box Approach to Test design – Test Adequacy Criteria – static testing vs.
structural testing – code functional testing – Coverage and Control Flow Graphs – Covering Code
Logic – Paths – code complexity testing – Evaluating Test Adequacy Criteria.

UNIT III      LEVELS OF TESTING    (9)

The need for Levers of Testing – Unit Test – Unit Test Planning – Designing the Unit Tests – The Test
Harness – Running the Unit tests and Recording results – Integration tests – Designing Integration
Tests – Integration Test Planning – Scenario testing – Defect bash elimination
System Testing – Acceptance testing – Performance testing – Regression Testing –
Internationalization testing – Ad-hoc testing – Alpha, Beta Tests – Testing OO systems – Usability and
Accessibility testing – Configuration testing – Compatibility testing – Testing the documentation –
Website testing.

UNIT IV      TEST MANAGEMENT    (9)

People and organizational issues in testing – Organization structures for testing teams – testing
services – Test Planning – Test Plan Components – Test Plan Attachments – Locating Test Items –
test management – test process – Reporting Test Results – The role of three groups in Test Planning
and Policy Development – Introducing the test specialist – Skills needed by a test specialist – Building
a Testing Group.

UNIT V      TEST AUTOMATION    (9)

Software test automation – skill needed for automation – scope of automation – design and
architecture for automation – requirements for a test tool – challenges in automation – Test metrics
and measurements – project, progress and productivity metrics.

                                                                                                                           TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course the students will be able to
 Design test cases suitable for a software development for different domains.
 Identify suitable tests to be carried out.
 Prepare test planning based on the document.
 Document test plans and test cases designed.
 Use of automatic testing tools.
 Develop and validate a test plan.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Srinivasan Desikan and Gopalaswamy Ramesh, “Software Testing – Principles and
Practices”, Pearson Education, 2006.
2. Ron Patton, “Software Testing”, Second Edition, Sams Publishing, Pearson Education, 2007.

REFERENCES:

1. Ilene Burnstein, “Practical Software Testing”, Springer International Edition, 2003.
2. Edward Kit,” Software Testing in the Real World – Improving the Process”, Pearson Education,
1995.
3. Boris Beizer,” Software Testing Techniques” – 2nd Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York,
1990.
4. Aditya P. Mathur, “Foundations of Software Testing _ Fundamental Algorithms and
Techniques”, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., Pearson Education, 2008.

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