CT051-3.

5-3 Software Quality

Engineering
Module Briefing

Module Aim

Enable students to develop their knowledge

and skills in relation to Software Quality
Engineering, quality assurance techniques,
estimating techniques and software metrics,
methods and techniques

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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, you should able
to:
Describe and critically evaluate a variety of software
development life cycles with particular reference to their
quality assurance processes
Interpret the meaning of quality when applied to software
Apply and critically evaluate estimating techniques for
time, effort and cost
Create a quality plan and a risk plan for use in project
management and devise
Describe, apply and critically evaluate various software
metrics
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Assessment
An exam length 2 hours 50%
Answer any FOUR(4) questions out of FIVE
(5) questions. Each question carries 25
marks.

A Individual assignment 50%

For a given case or problem develop a
prototype system

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Module Materials
Recommended Text
JARVIS, ALKA & CRANDALL, VERN (1997) Inroads
to Software Quality, Prentice Hall PTR, (ISBN 0-13238403-5)
SUMMERVILLE, IAN (1995), Software Engineering
5th Edition, Addison-Wesley
FENTON, NORMAN E. (1991), Software Metrics,
Chapman & Hall

Lecture Materials
Available Online. Location Learnfinity

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Topic Outline

Software Process Model

Project briefing
Quality standards
Software Quality Activities and Technique
Software Quality Metrics
Risk plans and management
Requirement analysis
Verification and validation

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