CS2055 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE Syllabus

CS2055   SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE Syllabus

CS2055                 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE                          L  T  P  C  
                                                                                                                     3  0  0  3

UNIT I     FUNDAMENTALS OF SOFTWARE   QUALITY ASSURANCE           9
The  Role  of  SQA  –  SQA  Plan  –  SQA  considerations  –  SQA  people  –  Quality
Management – Software Configuration Management
                     
UNIT II   MANAGING SOFTWARE QUALITY                                                         9
Managing Software Organizations – Managing Software Quality – Defect Prevention –
Software Quality Assurance Management

UNIT III   SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE METRICS                                     9
Software  Quality  –  Total  Quality  Management  (TQM)  –  Quality  Metrics  –  Software
Quality Metrics Analysis
                   
UNIT IV  SOFTWARE QUALITY PROGRAM                                                          9
Software Quality Program Concepts – Establishment of a Software Quality Program –
Software Quality Assurance Planning – An Overview – Purpose & Scope.
                   
UNIT V   SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARDIZATION                   9
Software  Standards–ISO  9000  Quality  System  Standards  -  Capability Maturity Model
and  the  Role  of  SQA  in  Software  Development  Maturity  –  SEI  CMM  Level  5  –
Comparison of ISO 9000 Model with SEI’s CMM
                   
              TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:
1.  Mordechai Ben-Menachem  / Garry S Marliss,  “Software Quality”, Vikas Publishing
House, Pvt, Ltd., New Delhi.(UNIT III to V)
2.  Watts  S  Humphrey,  “  Managing  the  Software  Process”,  Pearson  Education  Inc.(
UNIT I and II)

REFERENCES:
1.  Gordon G Schulmeyer, “Handbook of Software Quality Assurance”, Third      Edition,
Artech House Publishers 2007
2.  Nina  S  Godbole,  “Software  Quality  Assurance:  Principles  and  Practice”,  Alpha
Science International, Ltd, 2004