Cs7E6 - Software Quality Assurance: Pre-Requisite
Cs7E6 - Software Quality Assurance: Pre-Requisite
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CS7E6 - SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE
(For Students admitted from 2012- 13)
PRE-REQUISITE:
Basic Knowledge of sound engineering principles
AIM:
The systematic Approach to the understand of software quality assurance
OBJECTIVES:
1. To present the concepts, techniques and metrics for quality assurance in software
development
2. To develop a good understanding of issues, techniques and tools for software quality
assurance metrics
3. To enable students to gain a working knowledge of techniques for software quality
standardization
OUTCOMES:
1. Understand quality management processes
2. Distinguish between the various activities of quality assurance, quality planning and
quality control.
3. Understand the importance of standards in the quality management process and their
impact on the final product. students to develop skills that will enable them to evaluate
software of high quality
UNIT- I
FUNDAMENTALS OF SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE
The Role of SQA – SQA Plan – SQA considerations – SQA people – Quality Management –
Software Configuration Management
UNIT - II
MANAGING SOFTWARE QUALITY
Managing Software Organizations – Managing Software Quality – Defect Prevention – Software
Quality Assurance Management
UNIT - III
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE METRICS
Software Quality – Total Quality Management (TQM) – Quality Metrics – Software Quality
Metrics Analysis
UNIT - IV
SOFTWARE QUALITY PROGRAM
Software Quality Program Concepts – Establishment of a Software Quality Program – Software
Quality Assurance Planning – An Overview – Purpose & Scope.
UNIT- V
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARDIZATION
Software Standards–,ISO 9000 Quality System Standards - Capability Maturity Model and the
Role of SQA in Software Development Maturity – SEI CMM level 5-review of current software
quality trend- IEEE 730-2014.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Mordechai Ben-Menachem / Garry S Marliss, “Software Quality”, Vikas Publishing House,
Pvt, Ltd., New Delhi.1998.(UNIT III to V)
2. Watts S Humphrey, “ Managing the Software Process”, Pearson Education Inc.1999. (UNIT I
and II)
REFERENCES:
1. Gordon G Schulmeyer, “Handbook of Software Quality Assurance”, Fourth Edition, Artech
House Publishers ,2008.
2. Nina S Godbole, “Software Quality Assurance: Principles and Practice”, Alpha Science
International, Ltd, 2004.