Software Quality: An Overview

·         The Software Crisis

·         The Birth of Software Engineering

·         What is Software Engineering?

·         Why Software Engineering?

·         The Software Chaos

·         Criteria for the Success of a Software Project

o        Quality

o        Time

o        Budget

o        Relationships

·         Process – Oriented Software Development

o        The Software Process

·         Phases in Software Development Life Cycle

o        Software Requirements Engineering

o        Software Design

o        Implementation

o        Testing

o        Maintenance

·         Software Development Life Cycle Models

o        Waterfall Module

§         Requirements Specifications

§         System design and software design

§         Implementation and unit testing

§         Integration and system testing

§         Operation and maintenance

§         Outputs of stages in waterfall model

o        Prototyping Model

o        Evolutionary Development Model

o        Spiral Model

o        Synchronize – and – Stabilize Model

·         The Management Processes

·         Software Quality Assurance

o        Metrics in Software Development

§         The Person Month

§         Product Metrics

§         Productivity Metrics

§         Quality Metrics

o        Documentation

·         Quality Management Systems

o        Quality Standards

o        ISO 9000 Series Standards

§         Time Table for ISO 9000 Certification

o        Capability Maturity Model Integration for Software Engineering

·         Process Change Management

o        Quality Process Implementation Issues

o        Implementing Quality Standards in Small Organizations

·         Software Testing Process

o        Psychology of Testing

o        Verification and Validation

o        Testing Team and Development Team

o        Cost of Quality

o        Characteristics of Test Engineers

o        Why Testing is Difficult?

o        Levels of Testing

§         Unit Testing

§         Module Testing

§         Integration and System Testing

§         Acceptance Testing

o        Testing Approaches

§         Top – down Approach versus Bottom – up Structural Testing

§         Functional Testing versus Structural Testing

§         Mutation Testing

§         Regression Testing

o        Types of Testing

§         Black Box Testing

§         White Box Testing

§         Gorilla Testing

§         Beta Testing

§         Field Trial

§         Performance Testing

§         Stress Testing

§         Acceptance Testing

o        Test Plan

§         Test Oracles

§         Test Cases

§         Test Plan Format

o        Criteria for Completion of Testing

§         When is Testing Complete?

§         Classification of Defects

o        Software Reliability

o        Manual Testing and its Limitations/Drawbacks

·         Software Testing Tools : An Overview

o        Need for Automated Testing Tools

o        Taxonomy of Testing Tools

o        Functional/Regression Testing Tools

o        Performance Testing Tools

o        Testing Management Tools

o        Source Code Testing Tools

o        How to Select a Testing Tools?

·         WinRunner

o        Overview of WinRunner

o        Testing an Application using WinRunner

§         Recording Test Cases

§         Calling the Test Cases using “call” Function

o        Test Script Language (TSL)

o        GUI MAP File

o        Synchronization of Test Cases

§         Creating the Test Case

§         Synchronizing the Test Case

o        Data – Driven Testing

§         Converting the test case to Data – Driven test

o        Rapid Test Script Wizard

§         Why the test failed

o        Mapping Custom Object to a Standard Class

o        Checking GUI Objects

§         Checking a Single Property

§         Checking a Single Object

§         Checking for Multiple Objects

·         Silk Test

o        Overview of SilkTest

o        Architecture of Silk Test

o        Testing an Application Using SilkTest

o        The 4Test Scripting Language

o        Checkpoints

o        Data-Driven Test Cases

·         SQA Robot

o        Overview of SQA Robot

o        Testing an Application using SQA Robot

§         Recording Test Cases

§         Running the Test Procedure

§         Calling the Test Procedures using “CallProcedure” Function

o        Synchronization of Test Procedures

o        Creating Checkpoints

·         LoadRunner

o        Overview of LoadRunner

o        Creating Vuser script using Virtual User Generator

o        Creating Virtual Users Using Loadrunner Controller

·         Jmeter

o        Jmeter Overview

o        JDBC Test

§         Creating the Thread Group

§         Creating the JDBC Requests

§         Adding Listeners that Display the Result

§         Saving the Test Plan

§         Running the Test Plan

§         Inserting the Timer

o        HTTP Test

§         Creating the Thread Group

§         Creating the HTTP Requests

§         Adding Listeners that Display the Results

§         Saving the Test Plan

§         Running the Test Plan

§         Inserting the Timer

§         Viewing the Results in a Tabular Format

·         TestDirector

o        TestDirector Overview

o        Testing Management Process

§         Test Requirements Management

§         Test Planning

§         Test Execution

§         Test Results Analysis

o        Managing the Testing Process Using Test Director

§         Creating a New Project

§         Creating the Test Plan

§         Running the Automated Test

§          Tracking Defects

o        Source Code Testing Utilities in Unix/Linux Environment

o        GNU Tools

o        Timing of Programs

o        Profiler

o        Code Optimization

o        Productivity Tools

§         Make File

§         Debugger

§         Indenting

o        Portability Testing Tool

o        Configuration Management Tools

§         Revision Control System

§         Source Code Control system

o        Coding Guidelines and Standards

§         Programming Style

§         C Coding Guidelines

§         Java Coding Guidelines

o        QuickTest Professional (QTP)

o        Overview of QuickTest Professional

o        Testing an application using QTP

§         Recording a Test Case

§         Running the Test Case

o        Synchronization of Test Cases

§         Creating Checkpoints

§         Testing Database Application using Synchronization and Checkpoints

o        Data Driven Testing

·        Testing a Web Application