Software Quality Engineering

BSSE-VI

Dr. Assad Abbas

Department of Computer Science

COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus
assadabbas@comsats.edu.pk
About the Instructor

Full Name: Dr. Assad Abbas

Email: assadabbas@comsats.edu.pk
Contact Number 051-90495452
Office Hours & Monday (11:00 am –12:00 pm), Wednesday
Location (9:00 am –10:00 am), Room 236
Teaching
Assistant (if any)

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Introduction
n Textbook:
1. Software Quality Engineering Testing, Quality Assurance, and
Quantifiable Improvement, Jeff Tian, Wiley, 2005.
2. Software quality assurance: from theory to implementation.
Daniel Galin,. Pearson Education, 2004
3. Software Process Definition and Management, Münch, J.,
Armbrust, O., Kowalczyk, M., & Soto, M., Springer Science &
Business Media, 2012.
4. 201
n Grading Policy:
5 Quizzes (15%)
5 Assignments (10%)
5 Sessional(s) (10+15=25%)
5 Final (50%)

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Evaluation
n Exam Questions: The questions of the sessional(s) and final
exams are based on the topics covered in the course,
examples discussed during lectures, homework problems,
and the exercises of the textbook.
n Missing Exam: No makeup exam will be given for final exam
under any circumstance. When a student misses Sessional I
or Sessional II for a legitimate reason (such as medical
emergencies), his grade for this exam will be determined
based on the Department policy. Further, the student must
provide an official excuse within couple of days of the missed
exam.

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Attendance/Academic Honesty
n Attendance: Attendance is a University
Requirement. Students having less than 80%
attendance will not be allowed to appear in the final
exam and will be awarded F grade.

n Academic Integrity: All CUI policies regarding

ethics apply to this course. The students are advised
to discuss their grievances/problems with their
counsellors or course instructor in a respectful
manner.

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Discipline and Cell Phones
n Discipline: The students are expected to behave in a
respectful manner in the class.

n Cell Phones: Should be in silent mode or turned-off

preferably.

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Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
CLO Description
C1  
Describe the concepts and role of Software Quality Engineering.
C2  
Develop a software quality plan document.
C3 Apply QA activities in any of the stage/work product in a software  
project lifecycle.
C4  
Identify areas of improvement of QA activities/processes applied
as part of C3.

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Course Home page
n http://sites.google.com/site/assadabbasciit
n Please visit the course page frequently. All of the
lecture materials and assignments will be made
available through this page

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Class Questions
n I will ask questions very often, so be attentive

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Course outline
n Software Quality Engineering

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