CSE 5314/7314, Spring 2012

Software Testing and Quality Assurance

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Prof. Jeff Tian
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering,
Southern Methodist University,
3145 Dyer Street, Dallas, TX 75275
Caruth Hall 425
(214)768-2861
(214)768-3085
tian@lyle.smu.edu (preferred means of communication)
lyle.smu.edu/~tian/class/7314.12s
Wednesdays 6:30-9:20pm, Junkins 112
(executive class: Saturdays 8am-5pm at AATC on 3/17, 3/31, 4/14, 4/28, 5/12)
W 3:30-5:30pm and by appointment
Contact Debra McDowell at (214)768-3080 or debra@lyle.smu.edu

Final exam for the campus group is on 5/2/2012.
Distance students have to take it by 5/4/2012 with their proctors (check with Debra if you are not sure who your proctor is). And, of course, you are welcome to come to class to take the exam. Just let me know ahead of time so I can get enough copies made.
Sample midterm and final exams now available on BlackBoard, under "Course Documents".
Please submit your homework assignments and project related material via blackboard
- All campus/distance students: please use the "common" section with section number 7314-701C.
  The due dates posted in your blackboard are for on-campus students, with the understanding that the corresponding due dates for distance students being 2 days later.
- Executive students: use your own section (7314-795).
  Blackboard problem has been fixed. You should be able to see your class-section there now.

Homework #4. Due dates: 4/11/2012 (campus), 4/13/2012 (distance), 5/7/2012 (executive).
Homework #3. Due dates: 3/28/2012 (campus), 3/30/2012 (distance), 4/23/2012 (executive).
Homework #2. Due dates: 2/22/2012 (campus), 2/24/2012 (distance), 4/9/2012 (executive).
Homework #1. Due dates: 2/8/2012 (campus), 2/10/2012 (distance), 3/26/2012 (executive).
Course project.
- Proposal due dates: 2/15/12 (campus), 2/17/12 (distance), 3/30/12 (executive).
- Summary due dates: 4/11/12 (campus), 4/13/12 (distance).
- Presentation dates: last 3 classes (campus/distance), 5/12/12 (executive)
- Report due dates: 4/18/12 (campus), 4/20/12 (distance), 5/15/12 (executive).

Syllabus and tentative schedule for campus/distannce sections and for executive class at AATC.
Information/material at my book website for Software Quality Engineering, including slides for all the chapters.
List of additional references.

No hardcopy of the online homework assignments and other course material will be sent to you unless specifically requested (by contacting Debra).
Electronic submission of homework/project-related material 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 (for projects) or your grader (for homeworks) if you suspect delivery problems.

Prepared by Jeff Tian (tian@lyle.smu.edu).
Posted: Jan. 18, 2012. Last update: April 27, 2012.