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Software Quality Assurance [1]

Paper Code: 
DBCA502A
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course introduces the concepts and methods required for effective and efficient SQA. It aims to develop a broad understanding of SQA processes from planning until execution, and complements this with a detailed knowledge of techniques in an appropriate engineering and management context.

9.00
Unit I: 

Introduction to Software Quality & Architecture: Need for Software quality, Software quality assurance (SQA) – Definition and objectives, software quality control, Software quality criteria and factors- McCall’s quality model. SQA system and architecture, Software Project life cycle Components – Pre project quality components, Development and quality plans.

9.00
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.

9.00
Unit III: 

 Software Quality Infrastructure: Procedures and work instructions - Templates - Checklists – 3S developmenting - Staff training and certification  Corrective  and  preventive  actions  –  Configuration  management  –  Software  change control – Configuration management audit -Documentation control – Storage and retrieval.

9.00
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.

9.00
Unit V: 

 Standards, Certifications & Assessments:  Quality management standards – ISO 9001 and ISO 9000-3 – capability Maturity Models – CMM and CMMI assessment methodologies   - Bootstrap methodology – SPICE Project – SQA project process standards – IEEE  1012 & 1028  – Organization  of  Quality Assurance  –  Department management responsibilities – Project management responsibilities – SQA units and other actors in SQA systems.

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  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 “ [2]Software Quality: Producing Practical Consistent Software”,International Thompson Computer Press, 1997.
Academic Year: 
2018-19 [3]

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[3] https://csit.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2018-19