Software Testing and Reliability

Overview

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

Requisites

Prerequisites

SWE30009 Software Testing and Reliability

Rule

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

Hawthorn

29-July-2024
27-October-2024

11-August-2024

31-August-2024

13-September-2024

03-December-2024

Semester 2

Hawthorn

04-August-2025
02-November-2025

17-August-2025

31-August-2025

19-September-2025

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
TOTAL			150

Assessment

Type	Task	Weighting	ULO's
Assignment	Individual	40%	1,2,3
Project Report	Individual	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.