This document provides information about the Software Quality Assurance course (SE 422) at the College of Arts, Media and Technology at CMU. The course has prerequisites of Introduction to SE. Over 10 weeks, topics will include quality factors, standards, processes, reviews, configuration management, and verification. The goal is for students to understand quality components, apply standards and processes, use reviews and configuration management, and apply verification techniques. Grading will be based on attendance, quizzes, assignments, a midterm, and final exam.

1. Software Engineering
College of Arts, Media and Technology ,CMU.
Kittitouch S.
1.1-29-10-12

2. 
SE 422 (953422)
 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE

Prerequisite: SE 202 (953202)
 Introduction to SE
Credits

3. 1. Objective and concepts of software quality
2. Quality Factors
3. Software quality assurance standards
4. Quality assurance process and activities
5. Software reviews
6. Software configuration management
7. Traceability
8. verification and validation.

4. After completing this course, students will be able to:
1. explain the components of quality factor.
2. apply quality assurance and verification and
validation software engineering standards.
3. apply quality assurance process and activities with
software development process.
4. use the techniques of verification and validation in
software development.
5. apply the main functions software configuration
management with the software quality process.

5. 
Daniel Galin. SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE From theory to
implementation.

6. 
G. Gordon Schulmeyer. Handbook of Software Quality Assurance.

7. Topic
Introduction to Quality Assurance
Software Quality Factor
The Components of the Software quality assurance system
Development and Quality plan
Integrating quality activities in the project life cycle
Software Reviews
Software Configuration Management
Cost of Software Quality
Traceability and verification
SQA for Small Project
Total
Hour
3
6
3
6
3
6
6
3
3
6
45
Note: Some topics of the contents might be subject to change or add
without notice in advance.

8.  Lectures in class (3 hours per week)
 Quizzes and Assignment(paper/web)
 Reading assignments
 Self Study
 Midterm and final exams

9. The semester grade is computed:
Attendance
Quizzes
Assignment and Homework
Midterm Examination
Final Examination
Total
5%
10%
25%
30 %
30 %
100%

10.  Any late submissions for the assignment and/or
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


coursework will penalties or NOT be accepted.
Over 15 minute late two times is class absence. Also,
if students must be absent, please notify the lecturer
before the date of their absence.
The student who has percentage attendance less than
80% not allow to taking exam.
The student who does not take the final exam will fail
this course.
The evaluation is based on group standard (T-score).

11. Grade
A
B+
B
C+
C
D+
D
F
GPA
min
max
avg
feq.
8
12
16
17
10
5
2
2
72
2.771429
27.22
90.57
72.57