17MCA453 Software Quality syllabus for MCA

INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE QUALITY

Software Quality - Hierarchical models of Boehm and McCall – Quality measurement – Metrics measurement – Metrics measurement and analysis – Gilb’s approach – GQM Model

SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE

Quality tasks – SQA plan – Teams – Characteristics Implementation – Documentation– Reviews and Audits.

QUALITY CONTROL AND RELIABILITY

Tools for Quality – Ishikawa’s basic tools – CASE tools Defect prevention and removal – Reliabilitymodels, Rayleigh model – Reliability growth models for quality assessment.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Elements of QMS – Rayleigh model framework Reliability Growth models for QMS – Complexity metrics and models Customer satisfaction analysis.

QUALITY STANDARDS

Need for standards – ISO 9000 Series – ISO 9000 3 for software development – CMM and CMMI – Six Sigma concepts.

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full question consists of 16 marks.
• There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

1. Allan C. Gillies, “Software Quality: Theory and Management”, Thomson Learning, 2003.

2. Stephen H. Kan, “Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering”, Pearson Education (Singapore) Pte Ltd., 2002.

Reference Books:

1. Norman E. Fenton and Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, “Software Metrics” Thomson, 2003

2. Mordechai Ben Menachem and Garry S.Marliss, “Software Quality”, Thomson Asia Pvt Ltd, 2003

3. Mary Beth Chrissis, Mike Konrad and Sandy Shrum, “CMMI ”, Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt Ltd, 2003