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ITECH7409 - Software Testing - Federation University

Learning Outcome 1: Critically evaluate software requirements as inputs toward testing of the final solution;

Learning Outcome 2: Analyse and critically evaluate appropriate tools and techniques to support the testing process;

Learning Outcome 3: Develop a good understanding of selecting and applying measures and models used for testing that are compliant with the appropriate professional industry standards such as the ACS and IEEE;

Learning Outcome 4: Analyse and critically evaluate software requirements and proposed solutions;

Learning Outcome 5: Apply complex decision making to select appropriate testing techniques;

Learning Outcome 6: Write professional level management, planning, quality assurance and testing documentation for a software system;

Learning Outcome 7: Apply effective testing techniques to software systems of varying scales and test levels

Learning Outcome 8: Develop and maintain plans for scheduling quality assurance tasks including software testing;

You will need to:

• locate a research paper related to software testing that refers to at least one standard.
• research, comprehend and analyse each document (both the paper and the chosen standard) to find relevant details to answer a set of questions, and
• prepare a written summary report of findings

Requirements:

Questions for the standard:

• What is the standard name?
• Who holds the copyright for the standard?
• Amongst the acknowledged contributors to the document, which universities were involved (if any)?
• What is the scope or intent of the standard?

• What are key terms and understandings needed for the standard to be understood and applied?
• In your own words, what does application of the standard result in? Or, in other words, what does the standard do?
• Finally, what specific relevance to software testing is the standard?

Discuss the paper and how it relates to the standard. For example: does the paper suggest how to improve the standard? Does the paper highlight issues in applying the standard?

Attached is a sample paper (Wichmann and Cox, 1992) which refers to the ANSI1/IEEE2 Standard 8293 and ANSI/IEEE Standard 1008. Although this paper is somewhat outdated, it serves to illustrate the task for this assignment.
Prepare a report of no more than 1,500 words answering all questions. The report should have the following structure.

• an introduction to standards and a brief description of the research paper and chosen standard
• responses to questions for the standard
• listing and a discussion of commonalities and differences between the two documents
• a conclusion summarizing the report findings

Attachment:- Software Testing.rar