Software Measurement and Testing
UndergraduateLTU-CSE3SMT2024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Software Measurement and Testing
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Relate the multiple industry-based roles involved in modern software testing
- Justify how software metrics are used for measuring the complexity attributes of a software system.
- Formulate a measurement framework and apply techniques for measuring performance attributes of a software project
- Critique and execute automated tests and interpret the outcomes
- Types of Testing
- Test Planning
- Test Techniques
- Test Automation
- Software (Code) Measurement
This subject is aimed at providing you with a modern view on how software is assessed for quality. We focus heavily on test automation as mechanism to achieve this. The industry-based roles associated with software measurement and testing are taken as models to describe the types of tasks undertaken by professionals in this sector. In this subject you will have hands-on practice with assessing software against quality metrics and facilitating automated testing using the latest frameworks.
- Case-based quality and testing analysis of a software project (500 word equivalent). (10%)
- Evaluation of a personal software project for quality and performance (2000 words total). (45%)
- 2 hour central exam (2000 word equivalent). (45%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- LAT-TEC-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Information Technology
- LAT-CYS-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Cybersecurity
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in one of the following courses: SBITO, TB001O
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed CSE3MQR (Metrics, Quality and Reliability) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Information Technology
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-CYS-DEG