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APU Lecture 1 - Module Briefing

This document provides an overview of the Software Quality Engineering module. The module aims to develop students' knowledge and skills in software quality engineering, quality assurance techniques, estimating techniques, software metrics, and methods. Students will learn to describe and evaluate software development life cycles and quality assurance processes, apply estimating techniques, create quality and risk plans, and describe and evaluate various software metrics. Assessment consists of a 2-hour exam worth 50% and an individual assignment worth 50% to develop a prototype system for a given case or problem. Recommended reading materials and lecture materials are provided. Topic areas covered include software processes, quality standards, quality activities/techniques, metrics, risk management, requirements analysis, and verification/validation.

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APU Lecture 1 - Module Briefing

This document provides an overview of the Software Quality Engineering module. The module aims to develop students' knowledge and skills in software quality engineering, quality assurance techniques, estimating techniques, software metrics, and methods. Students will learn to describe and evaluate software development life cycles and quality assurance processes, apply estimating techniques, create quality and risk plans, and describe and evaluate various software metrics. Assessment consists of a 2-hour exam worth 50% and an individual assignment worth 50% to develop a prototype system for a given case or problem. Recommended reading materials and lecture materials are provided. Topic areas covered include software processes, quality standards, quality activities/techniques, metrics, risk management, requirements analysis, and verification/validation.

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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

Module Code and Module Title

Title of Slides

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
Module Code and Module Title

Title of Slides

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

Module Code and Module Title

Title of Slides

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

Module Code and Module Title

Title of Slides

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

Module Code and Module Title

Title of Slides

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