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MODULE NAME: MODULE CODE:

SOFTWARE QUALITY AND TESTING SQAT6322

ASSESSMENT TYPE: ASSIGNMENT 1 (PAPER ONLY)

TOTAL MARK ALLOCATION: 100 MARKS

TOTAL HOURS: 10 HOURS

By submitting this assignment, you acknowledge that you have read and understood all the rules
as per the terms in the registration contract, in particular the assignment and assessment rules in
The IIE Assessment Strategy and Policy (IIE009), the intellectual integrity and plagiarism rules in
the Intellectual Integrity and Property Rights Policy (IIE023), as well as any rules and regulations
published in the student portal.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. No material may be copied from original sources, even if referenced correctly, unless it is a
direct quote indicated with quotation marks. No more than 10% of the assignment may
consist of direct quotes.
2. Your assignment must be submitted through SafeAssign.
3. Save a copy of your assignment before submitting it.
4. Assignments must be typed unless otherwise specified.
5. All work must be adequately and correctly referenced.
6. This is an individual assignment.

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Referencing Rubric
Providing evidence based on valid and referenced academic sources Markers are required to provide feedback to students by indicating
is a fundamental educational principle and the cornerstone of high- (circling/underlining) the information that best describes the
quality academic work. Hence, The IIE considers it essential to student’s work.
develop the referencing skills of our students in our commitment to
achieve high academic standards. Part of achieving these high Minor technical referencing errors: 5% deduction from the
standards is referencing in a way that is consistent, technically overall percentage. – the student’s work contains five or more
correct and congruent. This is not plagiarism, which is handled errors listed in the minor errors column in the table below.
differently.
Major technical referencing errors: 10% deduction from the
Poor quality formatting in your referencing will result in a penalty of overall percentage. – the student’s work contains five or more
according to the following guidelines a maximum of ten percent errors listed in the major errors column in the table below.
being deducted from the overall percentage. Please note, however,
that evidence of plagiarism in the form of copied or uncited work If both minor and major errors are indicated, then 10% only (and
(not referenced), absent reference lists, or exceptionally poor not 5% or 15%) is deducted from the overall percentage. The
referencing, may result in action being taken in accordance with examples provided below are not exhaustive but are provided to
The IIE’s Intellectual Integrity Policy (0023). illustrate the error.
Required: Minor errors in technical correctness of Major errors in technical correctness of
Technically correct referencing referencing style referencing style
style Deduct 5% from overall percentage. Deduct 10% from the overall percentage.
Example: if the response receives 70%, Example: if the response receives 70%, deduct
deduct 5%. The final mark is 65%. 10%. The final mark is 60%.
Consistency Minor inconsistencies. Major inconsistencies.
• The referencing style is generally • Poor and inconsistent referencing style used in-
• The same referencing format consistent, but there are one or two text and/or in the bibliography/ reference list.
has been used for all in-text changes in the format of in-text • Multiple formats for the same type of
references and in the referencing and/or in the bibliography. referencing have been used.
bibliography/reference list. • For example, page numbers for direct • For example, the format for direct quotes (in-
quotes (in-text) have been provided for text) and/or book chapters (bibliography/
one source, but not in another instance. reference list) is different across multiple
Two book chapters (bibliography) have instances.
been referenced in the bibliography in
two different formats.
Technical correctness Generally, technically correct with some Technically incorrect.
minor errors. • The referencing format is incorrect.
• Referencing format is • The correct referencing format has been • Concepts and ideas are typically referenced,
technically correct throughout consistently used, but there are one or but a reference is missing from small sections
the submission. two errors. of the work.
• Concepts and ideas are typically • Position of the references: references are only
• The correct referencing format referenced, but a reference is missing given at the beginning or end of large sections
for the discipline has been from one small section of the work. of work.
used, i.e., either APA, OR • Position of the references: references are • For example, incorrect author information is
Harvard OR Law only given at the beginning or end of provided, no year of publication is provided,
every paragraph. quotation marks and/or page numbers for
• Position of the reference: a • For example, the student has incorrectly direct quotes missing, page numbers are
reference is directly associated presented direct quotes (in-text) and/or provided for paraphrased material, the
with every concept or idea. book chapters (bibliography/reference incorrect punctuation is used (in-text); the
list). bibliography/reference list is not in
• For example, quotation marks, alphabetical order, the incorrect format for a
page numbers, years, etc. are book chapter/journal article is used,
applied correctly, sources in information is missing e.g. no place of
the bibliography/reference list publication had been provided (bibliography);
are correctly presented. repeated sources on the reference list.
Congruence between in-text Generally, congruence between the in-text A lack of congruence between the in-text
referencing and bibliography/ referencing and the bibliography/ referencing and the bibliography.
reference list reference list with one or two errors. • No relationship/several incongruencies
• There is largely a match between the between the in-text referencing and the
• All sources are accurately sources presented in-text and the bibliography/reference list.
reflected and are all accurately bibliography. • For example, sources are included in-text, but
included in the bibliography/ • For example, a source appears in the text, not in the bibliography and vice versa, a link,
reference list. but not in the bibliography/ reference list rather than the actual reference is provided in
or vice versa. the bibliography.
In summary: the recording of In summary, at least 80% of the sources are In summary, at least 60% of the sources are
references is accurate and correctly reflected and included in a incorrectly reflected and/or not included in
complete. reference list. reference list.

Overall Feedback about the consistency, technical correctness and congruence between in-text referencing and bibliography:

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Question 1 (Marks: 100)

Read and base your answer on the case study presented below
LU 1- 10

You have been promoted to Team Leader of your development team while designing a new e-
commerce application called BuyAlot. Your team has developed an initial prototype of the website
that has the following functional requirements:
1. The system shall allow users to create an account
2. The system shall allow users to login to their account
3. The system shall display a list of discounts that update on a daily basis.
4. The system shall allow users to select an item to view all of its details
5. The system shall allow users to add an item to their cart
6. The system shall allow users to search items by name or by category
7. The system shall allow users to sort and filter search results
8. The system shall send a confirmation email when a new user account is created or product
is purchased.

This assignment requires you to write a test plan for the application described above for any three
of the functional requirements described above. In completing the assignment, please use the test
plan template provided at https://www.fit.vutbr.cz/study/courses/ITS/public/ieee829.html (see
Learning Unit 2, Activity 1). The template is based on the IEEE 829 Test Plan template. In order to
complete this assignment, you will have to research the IEEE 829 Test Plan template in order to
determine how you need to complete the various sections in the template.

Your assignment needs to conform to the following 19 headings as per the test plan template:

1. Test Plan Identifier

2. References
3. Introduction
4. Test Items
5. Software Risk Issues
6. Features to be Tested
7. Features not to be Tested
8. Approach
9. Item Pass/Fail Criteria

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10. Suspension Criteria and Resumption Requirements

11. Test Deliverables
12. Remaining Test Tasks
13. Environmental Needs
14. Staffing and Training Needs
15. Responsibilities
16. Schedule
17. Planning Risks and Contingencies
18. Approvals
19. Glossary

You need to provide the necessary details and explanations for each section of the template. The
completion of each section should be based on your research on how to complete the template as
well as your own knowledge that you have obtained on how to test an application.

You should also include a “References” section as the last section in your assignment. Note that this
section should be used to reference all sources referred to in your assignment. See Plagiarism in
the SQAT6312 Module Guide for referencing guidelines. Please note that this section is not the
same as Section 2 (References) as seen in the IEEE 829 Test Plan template.

IMPORTANT: To enable the examiner to evaluate whether you understand why you included
certain information in the various sections of your test plan, you need to include an “Explanation”
section at the end of each section in the test plan. In other words, you need to explain why you
have included the information that you did in each section of the test plan. Each section will thus
end with an “Explanation” section for all 19 Sections of the test plan. Ensure that you refer to the
IEEE 829 Test Plan template guidelines in these explanations. You will determine these guidelines
through your research and information in your textbook.

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APPENDIX A – Assignment Marking Rubric

MODULE NAME: MODULE CODE:

SOFTWARE QUALITY AND TESTING SQAT6322

STUDENT NAME:
STUDENT NUMBER:

Mark allocation for each section:

Each section is marked based on both the content of the section, as well as the explanation provided. An explanation should demonstrate clearly why a
student has included specific content in a given section, and should refer in specific terms to how the content aligns with the textbook or any other
relevant resource that is appropriately referenced by the student. Examiners should, therefore, use their discretion in determining the marks to award
within the parameters of the rubric.

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MARKING RUBRIC SECTION EXPLANATION Feedback

CONTENT Levels of
Levels of Achievement
Achievement

Score Ranges Per Score Ranges Per

SECTIONS Level (½ and ¼ Level (½ and ¼
marks possible) marks possible)

1. Test Plan Identifier 1 ½ ¼ 0 2 1 ½ 0

2. References 1 ½ ¼ 0 2 1 ½ 0
3. Introduction 2 1 ½ 0 2 1 ½ 0
4. Test Items 3 2 1 0 2 1 ½ 0
5. Software Risk Issues 1 ½ ¼ 0 2 1 ½ 0
6. Features to be Tested 5 3 2 0 2 1 ½ 0
7. Features not to be Tested 2 1 ½ 0 2 1 ½ 0
8. Approach 5 3 2 0 2 1 ½ 0
9. Items Pass/Fail Criteria 5 3 2 0 2 1 ½ 0
10. Suspension Criteria and 5 3 2 0 2 1 ½ 0
Resumption Requirements
11. Test Deliverables 5 3 2 0 2 1 ½ 0
12. Remaining Test Tasks 2 1 ½ 0 2 1 ½ 0
13. Environmental Needs 3 2 1 0 2 1 ½ 0
14. Staffing and Training Needs 3 2 1 0 2 1 ½ 0
15. Responsibilities 2 1 ½ 0 2 1 ½ 0
16. Schedule 5 3 2 0 2 1 ½ 0
17. Planning Risks and Contingencies 5 3 2 0 2 1 ½ 0
18. Approvals 2 1 ½ 0 2 1 ½ 0

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19. Glossary 1 ½ ¼ 0 2 1 ½ 0
Additional Sections 2 1 ½ 0 - - - -
References 2 1 ½ 0 - - - -
SUBTOTALS
TOTAL

[TOTAL MARKS: 100]

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