CSE 7314/5314, Fall 2004

Software Testing and Quality Assurance

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Prof. Jeff Tian
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering,
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0122
Science Information Center (SIC) Rm.318
(214)768-2861
(214)768-3085
tian@engr.smu.edu (preferred means of communication)
www.engr.smu.edu/~tian/class/7314.04f
Wednesdays 6:30-9:20pm, Caruth 129
Saturdays (Exec MS/SE schedule)
W 1:30-3:30pm F 2:30-3:30pm
Zhao Li (lizhao@engr.smu.edu)
Contact Debra McDowell at (214)768-3080 or debra@engr.smu.edu

Street address for courier packages: 6425 Ownby Drive.

Important announcements:

New/additional office hours for the final week:
Wednesday 12/1/04, Thursday 12/2/04, and Wednesday 12/8/04: 4-6pm.
Additionally, you can make an appointment or just drop by to see me. I should be around most of the final week.
More time to get corrections in to Tian SQE book: Deadline extended to 12/15/04 -- I really appreciate your help.
Notification of empirical study using your projects.

Homework #4.
(For your exerercise only, nothing to be turned in. -- We'll discuss these problems in class on 12/2/04.)
Homework #3.
Homework #2.
Homework #1.
Project information (latest update: 11/29/04)
and project presentation schedule.

List of corrections/changes to Tian SQE book in response to students' feedback, and table-of-content and bibliography for the book.
Reading material for Modules 3, 4, and 5. (No longer available on the web. Contact the instructor for related questions.)
Some pictures/figures/tables used in Module 1 and Module 2.
Updated list of references and Testing/QA/SE literature.
Link to the online version of the following paper at ASQ web site:
J. Tian, "Quality Assurance Alternatives and Techniques: A Defect-Based Survey and Analysis", Software Quality Professional, Vol. 3, No.3, pp.6-18, June, 2001.
The figures/tables in the above online paper may seem too small. Therefore, I've posted them (updated version in some cases) with pictures/figures/tables for modules 1&2 above, in Fig.3.1, Fig.16.1, Fig.16.2, and Tab.17.9.
Online syllabus.

Midterm exam will be on 10/9/04 for Lockheed-Martin students, 10/13/04 for in-class students, and on or before 10/26/04 for video students.
Answers to sample midterm multiple choice questions: 1-g, 2-e, 3-c, 4-a, 5-b, 6-d, 7-c.
If you want to turn your homework in electronically, be sure to e-mail to our grader, Mr. Zhao Li, at lizhao@engr.smu.edu. Electronic submission of project-related material should be sent to both myself and our grader.
Course notes are now directly available from Alphagraphics.
No hardcopy of the online homework assignment and other course material will be sent to you unless specifically requested (by contacting Debra).
Electronic submission of homework/project-related material by remote (video/LM) students are accepted in the following forms:
- Plain text files.
- Microsoft Word documents.
- Postscript or PDF files.
- HTML or other web-based documents.
Be sure to include your name, preferably on every page.
These submissions will not be individually acknowledged. But you can check with me if you suspect delivery problems.

Prepared by Jeff Tian (tian@engr.smu.edu). Last update Dec. 4, 2004.