SRM VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur 603 203

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Name of the Staff : K.MOHANAMBAL
Designation : A.P. - Sr.G REV 00
Regulation : 2017
Sub.Code & Name : IT8076 & SOFTWARE TESTING
Semester/Branch : VI / IT-2
Academic Year : 2020-2021 ( EVEN Semester )
TOTAL
Planned HOURS/ Actual
UNIT TITLE HOURS References Mode of
Date TOPIC Date /UNIT Teaching
INTRODUCTION

Testing as an Engineering Activity , Testing as a

9.2.21 Process 1 T1/R4 BB/PPT

9.2.21 Testing Maturity Model,Testing axioms. 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

11.2.21 Basic definitions,Software Testing Principles 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

I The Tester's Role in a Software Development 9

11.2.21 Organization, 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

16.2.21 Origins of Defects,Cost of defects , Defect Classes 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

The Defect Repository and Test Design – Defect
16.2.21 Examples 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT
Developer/Tester Support of Developing a Defect
18.2.21 Repository 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT
Test 2
TEST CASE DESIGN

Test case Design Strategies , Using Black

18.2.21 BoxApproach to Test Case Design 1 T1/R4 BB/PPT

Boundary Value Analysis,Equivalence Class

20.2.21 Partitioning 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

State-based testing – Cause-effect

graphing,Compatibility testing
1 T1/R2 BB/PPT

User documentation testing ,domain testing,Random

Testing – Requirements based testing
1 T1/R2 BB/PPT

II Using White Box Approach to Test design ,Test 9

Adequacy Criteria,Static testing vs. structural 1 T1/T2 BB/PPT
testing,Code
Functional testing , Coverage and Control Flow
Graphs,Covering Code Logic
1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

Paths-Code complexity testing,Additional White box

testing approaches,Evaluating Test Adequacy 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT
Criteria.

Test 2

LEVELS OF TESTING

The need for Levels of Testing – Unit Test – Unit

Test Planning – Designing the Unit Tests
1 T1/T2 BB/PPT

The Test Harness – Running the Unit tests and

Recording results,Integration tests ,
1 T1/T2 BB/PPT

Designing Integration Tests – Integration Test

Planning,Scenario testing , Defect bash elimination 1 T1/T2 BB/PPT
System Testing

III 9
 TOTAL
Planned HOURS/ Actual
UNIT TITLE HOURS References Mode of
Date TOPIC Date /UNIT Teaching
III Acceptance testing ,Performance testing ,Regression 9
Testing ,Internationalization testing
1 T1/R3 BB/PPT

Ad-hoc testing ,Alpha, Beta Tests ,Testing OO

systems
1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

Usability and Accessibility testing ,Configuration

testing
1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

Compatibility testing ,Testing the

documentation ,Website testing.
1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

Test 2

TEST MANAGEMENT
People and organizational issues in testing –
Organization structures for testing teams
1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

Testing services ,Test Planning – Test Plan

Components
1 T1/T2 BB/PPT

Test Plan Attachments-Locating Test Items 1 T1/T2 BB/PPT

IV Test management-Test process – Reporting Test 9
Results
1 T1/T2 BB/PPT

Introducing the test specialist, Skills needed by a test

specialist
1 T1/T2 BB/PPT

Building a Testing Group,The Structure of Testing

Group,
1 T1/T2 BB/PPT

The Technical Training Program 1 T1/T2 BB/PPT

Test 2

TEST AUTOMATION

Software test automation 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

Skill needed for automation – scope of automation 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT

Design and architecture for automation 1 T1/R1 BB/PPT
V 9
Requirements for a test tool 1 T1/R1,R2 BB/PPT
Challenges in automation 1 T1/R2,R3 BB/PPT
Test metrics and measurements 1 T1/R1,R2 BB/PPT
Project-Progress and productivity metrics. 1 T1/R2,R3 BB/PPT
Test 2
Total Periods : 45 Periods
T1-Text Book, T2-Text Book
R1-Reference1, R2-Reference2, R3-Reference3
R4-Reference4
PPT – PowerPoint Presentation
TEXT BOOK:
1. Srinivasan Desikan and Gopalaswamy Ramesh, “Software Testing – Principles and Practices”, Pearson Education, 2006.
2. Ron Patton, “ Software Testing”, Second Edition, Sams Publishing, Pearson Education, 2007.
REFERENCES:
1. Ilene Burnstein, “ Practical Software Testing”, Springer International Edition, 2003.
2. Edward Kit,” Software Testing in the Real World – Improving the Process”, Pearson Education, 1995.
3. Boris Beizer,” Software Testing Techniques” – 2nd Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1990.
4. Aditya P. Mathur, “Foundations of Software Testing _ Fundamental Algorithms and Techniques”, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt.
Ltd., Pearson Education, 2008.

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 SRM VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(An Autonomous Institution)
SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur 603 203
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Name of the Staff : Dr. V. Dhanakoti, Dr.G.Kumaresan, Dr.A.Samydurai
Designation : Professor
Regulation : 2019 REV 00
Sub.Code & Name : 1908014_Software Testing
Semester/Branch : VI & CSE
Academic Year : 2023-2024 ( EVEN Semester )
TOTAL
HOURS/
UNIT DATE TITLE HOURS REFERENCE MODE OF
TOPIC /UNIT TEACHING

Testing as an Engineering Activity , Testing as a

08.01.24 Process 1 T1/R4 PPT

09.01.24 Testing Maturity Model,Testing axioms. 1 T1/R1 PPT

10.01.24 Basic definitions,Software Testing Principles, 1 T1/R1 PPT

The Tester's Role in a Software Development

11.01.24 Organization, 1 T1/R1 PPT

I 12.01.24 Origins of Defects,Cost of defects , 1 9 T1/R1 PPT

18.01.24 Defect Classes 1 T1/R1 PPT

19.01.24 The Defect Repository and Test Design – 1 T1/R1 PPT

22.01.24 Defect Examples 1 T1/R1 PPT

Developer/Tester Support of Developing a Defect
23.01.24 Repository 1 T1/R1 PPT

24.01.24 Test case Design Strategies , Using Black BoxAppro 1 T1/R4 PPT

Boundary Value Analysis,Equivalence Class

29.01.24 Partitioning 1 T1/R1 PPT

01.02.24 State-based testing 1 T1/R2 PPT

02.02.24 Cause-effect graphing,Compatibility testing 1 T1/R2 PPT

05.02.24 User documentation testing ,domain 1 T1/T2 PPT

testing,Random Testing
II 06.02.24 Requirements based testing 1 9 T1/R1 PPT
Using White Box Approach to Test design , Test
07.02.24 Adequacy Criteria, Static testing vs. structural 1 T1/R1 PPT
testing
Code Functional testing , Coverage and Control
08.02.24 Flow Graphs,Covering Code Logic 1 T1/R1 PPT

Paths-Code complexity testing,Additional White

09.02.24 box testing approaches,Evaluating Test Adequacy 1 T1/R1 PPT
Criteria.

The need for Levels of Testing – Unit Test – Unit

12.02.24 Test Planning – Designing the Unit Tests 1

The Test Harness – Running the Unit tests and

13.02.24 Recording results,Integration tests 1 T1/T2 PPT

Designing Integration Tests

22.02.24 1 T1/T2 PPT

23.02.24 Integration Test Planning,Scenario testing , Defect 1 T1/T2 PPT

bash elimination System Testing
III 9
26.02.24 Acceptance testing ,Performance testing, 1 T1/R3 PPT
27.02.24 Regression Testing ,Internationalization testing 1 T1/R1 PPT
Ad-hoc testing ,Alpha, Beta Tests , Testing OO
28.02.24 systems 1 T1/R1 PPT

Usability and Accessibility testing ,Configuration

01.03.24 testing 1 T1/R1 PPT

Compatibility testing ,Testing the documentation

04.03.24 Website testing. 1 T1/R1 PPT
 TOTAL
HOURS/
UNIT DATE TITLE HOURS REFERENCE MODE OF
TOPIC /UNIT TEACHING
People and organizational issues in testing –
05.03.24 Organization structures for testing teams 1
06.03.24 Testing services ,Test Planning 1 T1/R1 PPT
07.03.24 Test Plan Components 1 T1/T2 PPT
08.03.24 Test Plan Attachments-Locating Test Items 1 T1/T2 PPT
11.03.24 Test management-Test process 1 T1/T2 PPT
IV 12.03.24 Reporting Test Results 1 9 T1/T2 PPT
Introducing the test specialist, Skills needed by a
13.03.24 test specialist 1 T1/T2 PPT

Building a Testing Group,The Structure of Testing

14.03.24 Group, 1 T1/T2 PPT

15.03.24 The Technical Training Program 1 T1/T2 PPT

18.03.24 Software test automation 1

19.03.24 Skill needed for automation 1 T1/R1 PPT
20.03.24 Scope of automation 1 T1/R1 PPT
Difference Between Manual Testing vs Automated
21.03.24 Testing 1 T1/R1 PPT

V 22.03.24 Design and architecture for automation 1 9 T1/R1,R2 PPT

25.02.24 Requirements for a test tool 1 T1/R2,R3 PPT
26.03.24 Challenges in automation 1 T1/R1,R2 PPT
27.03.24 Test metrics and measurements 1 T1/R2,R3 PPT
28.03.24 Project Progress and productivity metrics. 1 T1/T2 PPT
Total Periods : 45 Periods

T1-Text Book, T2-Text Book

R1-Reference1, R2-Reference2, R3-Reference3
R4-Reference4
PPT – PowerPoint Presentation
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