Overview

This unit of study aims to provide basic concepts of software testing and software reliability.

Requisites

Prerequisites

COS20007 Object Oriented Programming

OR
SWE20004 Technical Software Development
OR
COS20011 Software Development in Java
OR
COS30043 Interface Design and Development

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Demonstrate the basics of software testing (K1)
  • Apply various test case generation methods and testing techniques (K3, S2, S3)
  • Demonstrate the basics of software reliability (K1)
  • Apply reliability estimation methods (K3, S2, S3)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture		2.00 12 weeks 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial		1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 40% 1,2,3 
Project ReportIndividual 60% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Selection of test cases
  • Program instrumentation
  • Data flow analysis
  • Domain testing strategy
  • Static and dynamic analysis
  • Basics of reliability theory
  • Reliability modelling

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.