Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110006

SCHEME/SYLLABUS : MCA(SE)
(Fifth Semester)

Code No : IT 801
Subject: Software Verification, Validation & Testing

Introduction: What is software testing and why it is so hard?, Error, Fault, Failure, Incident, Test Cases, Testing Process, Limitations of Testing, No absolute proof of correctness, Overview of Graph Theory.

Functional Testing: Boundary Value Analysis, Equivalence Class Testing, Decision Table Based Testing, Cause Effect Graphing Technique.

Structural Testing: Path testing, DD-Paths, Cyclomatic Complexity, Graph Metrics, Data Flow Testing, Mutation testing.

Reducing the number of test cases: Prioritization guidelines, Priority category, Scheme, Risk Analysis, Regression Testing, Slice based testing

Testing Activities: Unit Testing, Levels of Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Debugging, Domain Testing.

Object Oriented Testing: Issues in Object Oriented Testing, Class Testing, GUI Testing, Object Oriented Integration and System Testing.

Testing Tools: Static Testing Tools, Dynamic Testing Tools, Characteristics of Modern Tools.

Text:

    1. William Perry, “Effective Methods for Software Testing”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995.
    2. Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Nguyen Quoc, “Testing Computer Software”, Second Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1993.
    3. Boris Beizer, “Software Testing Techniques”, Second Volume, Second Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1990.
    4. Louise Tamres, “Software Testing”, Pearson Education Asia, 2002

Reference:

    1. Roger S. Pressman, “Software Engineering – A Practitioner’s Approach”, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill International Edition, New Delhi, 2001.
    2. Boris Beizer, “Black-Box Testing – Techniques for Functional Testing of Software and Systems”, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1995.
    3. K.K. Aggarwal & Yogesh Singh, “Software Engineering”, New Age International Publishers, New Delhi, 2003.
    4. Marc Roper, “Software Testing”, McGraw-Hill Book Co., London, 1994.
    5. Gordon Schulmeyer, “Zero Defect Software”, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1990.
    6. Watts Humphrey, “Managing the Software Process”, Addison Wesley Pub. Co. Inc., Massachusetts, 1989.
    7. Boris Beizer, “Software System Testing and Quality Assurance”, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1984.
    8. Glenford Myers, “The Art of Software Testing”, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1979.
 

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