1 Software Testing and Maintenance 1 Today’s Agenda  Syllabus  Software Engineering: What and Why? Software Testing and Maintenance 2 Instructor & TA  Instructor: Jeff Lei, [email protected], x2341, ERB 531, Office hours: 2:00 – 3:30pm, Tue. & Thu.  TA: Mehra N. Borazjany, [email protected] Software Testing and Maintenance 3 Communication Channel  Everyone MUST subscribe to the class mailing list [email protected].  Use the following instructions to join the list:  Compose a message so that its subject line is empty, and its body contains a single line “subscribe [email protected]”  Send this message to [email protected].  Confirm your subscription by replying the message from the listserv server Software Testing and Maintenance 4 Textbook & Reference  Textbook  Paul Ammann and Jeff Offutt, Introduction to Software Testing, ISBN 978-0-521-88038-1, Cambridge University Press, 2008. .  Reference  Aditya P. Mathur, Foundations of Software Testing, ISBN 81-317-1660-0, Pearson Education, 2008.3 Software Testing and Maintenance 5 Course Website  The course web site is available at the following URL: http://crystal.uta.edu/~ylei/cse4321  Lecture notes, assignments, announcements, and any supplementary materials will be posted on the web site.  Visit the website at least once per week. Software Testing and Maintenance 6 Homework  Exam problems are similar to homework problems  Must be solved individually  Fine to discuss the assignments with others  NEVER share the solutions.  Account for 15% of your final grade4 Software Testing and Maintenance 7 Grading  The final grade will be calculated using the following percentages:  Homework – 15%  Quizzes – 15%  Midterm Exam – 30%  Final Exam – 40%  If you have any questions about your grades, you MUST notify the TA or the instructor within two weeks after the grades become available.  The grades become final after two weeks! Software Testing and Maintenance 8 Late Assignments  Late assignments are acceptable before solutions are posted or explained in class, with 10% deduction for every 24 hours. Less than 24 will be rounded to 24.  If you have an emergency that prevents you from completing the work, contact the TA or the instructor prior to the due date.5 Software Testing and Maintenance 9 Academic Integrity  You must EARN your credits honestly and professionally.  The reasons?  This is the only way for you to learn.  You don’t want to lose your reputation to your fellow students.  You don’t want to be a subject of disciplinary actions.  … Software Testing and Maintenance 10 Major Topics  Software Testing  Test Process, Test Adequacy Criteria, Equivalence Partitioning, Control Flow Testing, Data Flow Testing, Predicate Testing, Combinatorial Testing  Software Maintenance  Maintenance Models, Configuration Management, Reverse Engineering, Software Refactoring6 Software Testing and Maintenance 11