IT6013 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYLLABUS FOR 8TH IT REG 2013

ANNA UNIVERSITY IT SYLLABUS

 IT6013 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYLLABUS

8TH SEM IT SYLLABUS

REGULATION 2013

IT6013 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYLLABUS

OBJECTIVES:
The student should be made to:
-> Understand the basic tenets of software quality and quality factors.
-> Be exposed to the Software Quality Assurance (SQA) architecture and the details of SQA components.
-> Understand of how the SQA components can be integrated into the project life cycle.
-> Be familiar with the software quality infrastructure.
-> Be exposed to the management components of software quality.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE QUALITY & ARCHITECTURE
Need for Software quality – Quality challenges – Software quality assurance (SQA) – Definition and objectives – Software quality factors- McCall‟s quality model – SQA system and architecture – Software Project life cycle Components – Pre project quality components – Development and quality plans.

 
UNIT II SQA COMPONENTS AND PROJECT LIFE CYCLE
Software Development methodologies – Quality assurance activities in the development process- Verification & Validation – Reviews – Software Testing – Software Testing implementations – Quality of software maintenance – Pre-Maintenance of software quality components – Quality assurance tools – CASE tools for software quality – Software maintenance quality – Project Management.

 
UNIT III SOFTWARE QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Procedures and work instructions - Templates - Checklists – 3S developmenting - Staff training andcertification Corrective and preventive actions – Configuration management – Software changecontrol – Configuration management audit -Documentation control – Storage and retrieval. 

 

UNIT IV SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT & METRICS
Project process control – Computerized tools - Software quality metrics – Objectives of quality
measurement – Process metrics – Product metrics – Implementation – Limitations of software metrics – Cost of software quality – Classical quality cost model – Extended model – Application of Cost model.

 
UNIT V STANDARDS, CERTIFICATIONS & ASSESSMENTS
Quality manangement standards – ISO 9001 and ISO 9000-3 – capability Maturity Models – CMM and CMMI assessment methodologies - Bootstrap methodology – SPICE Project – SQA project process standards – IEEE st 1012 & 1028 – Organization of Quality Assurance – Department management responsibilities – Project management responsibilities – SQA units and other actors in SQA systems.

 
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

 
OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
-> Utilize the concepts in software development life cycle.
-> Demonstrate their capability to adopt quality standards.
-> Assess the quality of software product.
-> Apply the concepts in preparing the quality plan & documents.

 
TEXT BOOK:
1. Daniel Galin, “Software Quality Assurance”, Pearson Publication, 2009.

 
REFERENCES:
1. Alan C. Gillies, “Software Quality: Theory and Management”, International Thomson Computer Press, 1997.
2. Mordechai Ben-Menachem “Software Quality: Producing Practical Consistent Software”, International Thompson Computer Press, 1997.