Software Quality

Lecturer Prof. Dr. Martin Glinz
Assistant: Dr. Eya Ben Charrada

The course covers selected advanced topics in the field of software quality, for example, advanced testing methods, test automation, model checking, systematic debugging, product vs. process quality, and external vs. internal software quality.

Students will acquire advanced knowledge and skills to analyze , evaluate and improve the quality of software and thus be able to develop quality software.

More information about the course is available on VVZ .

This course is aimed at the following groups of students:

• MSc students in Informatics in all fields of study. This module is strongly recommended for students who do a major in Software Systems and have not yet taken a course on software quality in their Bachelor's studies.
• Advanced BSc students in Informatics in all fields of study as well as students doing a minor degree ("Nebenfach") in Informatics (from the 4th semester).

Bachelor of Science in Informatics: elective module
Master of Science in Informatics: elective module (unless already completed during the BSc studies)
Minor studies in Informatics: elective module

Content of the courses Software Engineering and Informatik II (only the Modeling part).

Monday 12:15 - 15:45 (in the first half of the semester only)
Room: BIN 2.A.10
Start: Monday Feb 22, 2016
End: Monday Apr 11, 2016

01 Introduction (PDF, 1 MB)

02 Model Checking (revised) (PDF, 188 KB)

03 Advanced Testing Techniques (revised) (PDF, 525 KB)

04 Debugging (PDF, 391 KB)

05 Process Quality (PDF, 941 KB)

06 Software Product Quality (PDF, 867 KB)

07 Quality in Agile Development (PDF, 276 KB)

There will be two assignments (Übungen) that you need to pass.
The discussion of the assignments is part of the lecture, so it will take place during the lecture time.

The course evaluation consists of the two assignments and the final exam. In order to pass the course, you have to pass both the assignments and the final exam. The final course grade is entirely based on the final exam.

The final exam will take place on Monday, May 2 , 2016 12:15 - 13:45.

For the exam you may bring two A4 pages with hand-written notes (either one sheet of paper with writing on both sides or two sheets with writing on only one side each). Printouts, photocopies or notes written by others are not allowed. The note sheets must not contain any other information beyond your hand-writing and must be readable without using any technical or magnifying devices.

Scope: Material presented in the lecture, assignments and literature (you were asked to read).

Here is a sample exam.