Z-INF - Software Testing Foundations

The Department of informatics, University of Bergen, is providing a special curriculum on Software Testing Foundations in cooperation with Dataforeningen, Faggruppen for software testing. The course is 10 study points. It is a special curriculum, handled outside of studentweb and miside.

The curriculum is based on ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level, see ISTQB - Norwegian Testing Board, with extra material as covered by the lectures.

• ISTQB syllabus, English Syllabus.
• ISTQB syllabus, English glossary.
• Spillner, Linz, Schaefer: Software Testing Foundations, Rocky Nook 2011. ISBN: 978-1-933952-78-9
  Students at UiB can access the book electronically at Safari books online

Course responsible, UiB: Magne Haveraaen
Course responsible, Dataforeningen: Hans Schaefer

The course runs every Monday, 1415-1800 in room 2144 (stort auditorium) Høyteknologisenteret.

• 2011-08-22: Hans Schaefer: Introduction and Testing Fundamentals (Chapter 1).
• 2011-08-29: Hans Schaefer: Testing fundamanetals, Testing throughout the life cycle (Chapter 2).
• 2011-09-05:
  Ina Espås: Integration testing.
  Rune Skår: Performance testing.
  Lars Petter Løvslett: Testing of mobile devices.
• 2011-09-12: Ina Espås: Test design methods (Chapter 4-4.3) part a, part b, part c, part d.
• 2011-09-19: Hans Schaefer: Test design methods (Chapter 4.3-4.6).
• 2011-09-26: Hans Schaefer: Test design methods (Chapter 4). Exercises.
• 2011-10-03: Ingunn Barsnes Armstrong Static Test Methods (Chapter 3).
• 2011-10-10: Jørn Aaberg: Test management (Chapter 5.1.-5.2).
• 2011-10-17: Monika Stöcklein-Olsen: Test management (Chapter 5.3.-5.6).
• 2011-10-24:
  Dagny Pedersen: Test tools 1
  Hans Schaefer: Test tools 2 (Chapter 6).
• 2011-10-31:
  Magne Haveraaen: orientation about the exam.
  Jan Fredrik Leversund, Ina Espås: Security testing.
• 2011-11-14: Handout of the home exam problems. Students taking the exam are required to be present.

The course is concluded with a home exam (semester report) November 14-25, 2011.
The semester report is to be written by groups consisting of two students, should be 8-12 pages long (A4, normal font size and margins) plus a front page with title, course, date and active authors, plus a section with the original problem desciption. The report may be written in Norwegian or English.
Handin: email a pdf version of the report to the study consultant Steinar Heldal by noon Friday November 25.
Students and problems will be randomly assigned to groups. Any student having problems meeting up for the handout must email Steinar Heldal by 0900 (am) Monday November 14.