Valid for: 2016/17
Decided by: Education Board A
Date of Decision: 2016-04-05
Elective for: C4-da, D4-se, E4-pv, F4, F4-pv, I4, I4-pvs, Pi4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English
The objective of the course is to give basic and advanced knowledge and skills within testing for large-scale development of systems completely or partly based on software. The course gives practical skills in methods and techniques for software testing.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
Verification and validation activities at different levels in the software development process
Different types of verification and validation
Testing techniques
Test management
Lectures give a theoretical overview and help for private
studies.
Lab sessions give practical training in applying different test
techniques and relate theory to practice through discussions of
problems and solutions.
Projects give practical skills and training in different areas of
software testing by literature search, analysis and
presentation.
Grading scale: TH
Assessment: Examination is based on both individual and group assessment. Project work is assessed in groups, lab sessions are assessed in pairs, and the written exam is assessed individually. For final mark the student must pass lab sessions, project and written exam. The final mark is a combination of written exam marking and project marking.
Parts
Code: 0104. Name: Software Testing.
Credits: 4,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written examination. Contents: Written exam
Code: 0204. Name: Project.
Credits: 3. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Project in teams. Contents: Project in teams
Code: 0304. Name: Exercises.
Credits: 0. Grading scale: UG.
The number of participants is limited to: No
Course coordinator: Prof. Per Runeson, Per.Runeson@cs.lth.se
Course coordinator: Elizabeth Bjarnason, elizabeth@cs.lth.se
Course homepage: http://cs.lth.se/ets200
Further information: Compulsory items: project, lab sessions, presentations, reports.