Software Testing and Reliability
36 hours face to face + blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit of study aims to provide basic concepts of software testing and software reliability.
Requisites
Prerequisites
SWE30009
Software Testing and ReliabilityRule
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
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
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.