CIS 4300 - Software Quality

3 Credit Hours
Description
The course covers methods and tools to manage software quality assurance at various levels of an information system, including at the module, subsystem, and system levels. The principles of software development and management are presented with special emphasis on the processes and activities of quality assurance. State of the art tools and techniques including development process modeling, manual and computer-assisted reviews, and estimating the value of new processes. In addition, the role of standards, policies, and procedures are discussed. The course will prepare students to methodically develop software quality-assurance programs. This course provides practical knowledge of a variety of quality assurance techniques, and an understanding of some of the tradeoffs between techniques.