Following on from COMP 2831 - Business Analysis and Systems Design, this hands-on course introduces the concepts, tools and processes needed to be perform Quality Assurance (QA) and software testing. Students with some programming background are shown best practices and will focus on creating and executing test plans using test cases and test scripts. They will practice how to record and report results, as well as document identified issues. Exercises and labs will include using popular open source QA software testing and tracking tools. Topics include: Black Box, White Box and Grey Box testing techniques and all aspects of QA planning and execution. Automated testing topics include constructing a framework, scripting techniques, generating test data, test architecture, pre/post-processing, test maintenance, and job specific metrics. Successful participants will be able to understand effective software testing methods, create a Quality Assurance plan and a test plan as well as be able to monitor test processes, evaluate test results and conduct automated testing to industry standards.
COMP 1409 and COMP 2831 or equivalent post-secondary computing education.
3.0
$601.09
Below is one offering of this course for the Winter 2020 term.
Wed Jan 08 - Wed Mar 25 12 Weeks
Anca Datcu-Romano
TBD – see Learning Outcomes in the interim
$601.09
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Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Effective as of Fall 2014
COMP 3829 is offered as a part of the following programs:
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Books for Winter 2020 offerings of this course are available in the following BCIT online bookstores. Please choose the bookstore appropriate for the offering you are considering.
If you are taking this course, but are not taking it through either Distance Education or Online Learning, nor at the BCIT Downtown Campus (DTC), please purchase books for this course at the BCIT Burnaby Bookstore.
| Software Testing | |
|---|---|
| Author | Patton |
| Publisher | Sams |
| Copyright | 2006 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| ISBN | 978-0-67232-798-8 |
| Price | $29.95 |
| Required | |
| Testing Computer Software | |
|---|---|
| Author | Kaner |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Copyright | 1999 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| ISBN | 978-0-47135-846-6 |
| Price | $96.50 |
| Optional | |
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