SENG403-18S2 (C) Semester Two 2018

Software Process and Product Quality

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 July 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 27 July 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 12 October 2018

Description

This course introduces software quality key concepts, practices, methodologies and techniques present through the software lifecycle.

This course will discuss concepts for systematically establishing, defining and managing software quality from technical, organisational and management perspectives. Topics covered in the course include the following:

1. Quality basics and introduction
An introduction to the basic concepts of quality, its relation to Software Engineering, the current obstacles and solutions for ensuring quality of software systems.
2. Quality models and standards
A review of quality standards, conventions and models used in the industry.
3. Managing quality in software projects
An overview of the quality management knowledge and techniques, including planning and control activities.
4. Quality in software processes
An in-depth review of the challenges faced by organizations developing software products, and how those are managed through software process improvement initiatives.
5. Product quality
A description of the quality approach focused on the quality attributes of a software product, the models, standards and validation and verification practices.
6. Introduction to measurement
An overview to the need of measure, its basic concepts, the standards and methodologies related with metrics and measurement.
7. Tools and techniques
A review of quality tools and techniques useful during management and assurance processes.

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment One 30%
Assignment Two 30%
Final Exam 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $982.00

International fee $4,363.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .

All SENG403 Occurrences

  • SENG403-18S2 (C) Semester Two 2018