SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

L T P Credits Total Marks

SCSA3002 QUALITY ENGINEERING
3 0 0 3 100

COURSE OBJECTIVES
➢ To define quality assurance plans.
➢ To apply quality assurance tools and techniques.
➢ To understand the Clean Room Software Engineering activities.
➢ To implement the tools for quality.
➢ To learn quality assurance models.

UNIT 1 SOFTWARE QUALITY 9 Hrs.

Definition of Software Quality, Quality Planning, Quality system – Quality Control Vs Quality Assurance – Product life cycle –
Project life cycle models. The Software Quality Challenge - Software Quality Factors - Components of the Software Quality
Assurance System. Pre-Project Software Quality Components - Contract Review - Development and Quality Plans.

UNIT 2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES 9 Hrs.

Estimation, Software requirements gathering, Analysis, Architecture, Design, development, Testing and Maintenance.

UNIT 3 SUPPORTING QUALITY ACTIVITIES 9 Hrs.

Metrics, Reviews –SCM – Software quality assurance and risk management

UNIT 4 SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEERING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES 9 Hrs.

Seven basic Quality tools – Checklist – Pareto diagram – Cause and effect diagram – Run chart –Histogram – Control chart
– Scatter diagram – Poka Yoke – Statistical process control – Failure Mode and Effect Analysis – Quality Function
deployment – Continuous improvement tools – Case study.

UNIT 5 QUALITY ASSURANCE MODELS 9 Hrs.

Software Quality Standards, ISO 9000 series – CMM, CMMI – P-CMM – Six Sigma – Malcolm Baldrige Quality - Case
study.
Max.45 Hrs.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1 - Learn software quality factors.
CO2 - Apply common software testing strategies.
CO3 - Demonstrate about the project process control and software Metrics.
CO4 - Implement all the common software testing strategies.
CO5 - Understand the SQA standards and software process assessments.
CO6 - Deploy quality engineering models in projects.

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS

1. Software Engineering: A Practitioners Approach, 5th Edition Roger S. Pressman McGraw – Hill International Edition, 6th
Edition, 2006.
2. Ramesh Gopalswamy, Managing global Projects ; Tata McGraw Hill, 2002.
3. Norman E – Fenton and Share Lawrence P flieger, Software metrics, International Thomson Computer press , 1997.
4. Gordan Schulmeyer. G. and James .L. Mc Hanus, Total Quality management for software, International Thomson
Computer press, USA , 1990.
5. Dunn Robert M., Software Quality: Concepts and Plans, Englewood clifts, Prentice Hall Inc., 1990.
6. Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering, Stephen, Stephen H. Kan, Pearson education, 2006, Low price
edition.
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration : 3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each-No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit with internal choice, each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks

B.E. / B.Tech. - Regular 61 REGULATIONS 2019