Software Quality and Testing

COS80022 12.5 Credit Points Hawthorn Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students

Duration

  • One Semester or equivalent

Contact hours

  • 36 Hours

On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.

2021 teaching periods

Hawthorn

Higher Ed. Semester 2

Dates:
2 Aug 21 - 31 Oct 21

Results:
7 Dec 21

Last self enrolment:
15 Aug 21

Census:
31 Aug 21

Corequisites

 Concurrent Pre-requisite (can be completed prior or at the same time)
 

Aims and objectives

The aim of this unit is to expose students to techniques for realising high quality of contemporary software systems using a range of activities in the lifecycle of software engineering, including requirements, planning, and testing.

 
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
 
1. demonstrate understanding of theoretical aspects of software and system quality 
2. demonstrate understanding of important activities which facilitate realisation of high-quality software systems
3. Write programs in scripting language 
4. Identify algorithms which are suitable for testing a variety of quality attributes
5. Adapt suitable scripts to execute different test tasks