TY - GEN
T1 - Teaching software testing skills
T2 - 4th IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015
AU - Towey, Dave
AU - Chen, Tsong Yueh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2016/1/18
Y1 - 2016/1/18
N2 - In spite of its importance to software quality, software testing is often considered the "poor man" of software engineering processes, left to the end of many projects, and frequently omitted altogether. Compounding this is the reported perception of testing as a menial, low-level job, lacking any need for creativity or ingenuity, and of much lower status and attractiveness than others, such as design and implementation. When teaching about software testing, instructors often face very unmotivated students, professing little or no interest in becoming testers. This tutorial will address some testing misconceptions, and, through Metamorphic Testing - a new approach to testing which alleviates some of the major challenges in the field (including the Oracle Problem) - will provide a fresh and exciting new perspective on software testing.
AB - In spite of its importance to software quality, software testing is often considered the "poor man" of software engineering processes, left to the end of many projects, and frequently omitted altogether. Compounding this is the reported perception of testing as a menial, low-level job, lacking any need for creativity or ingenuity, and of much lower status and attractiveness than others, such as design and implementation. When teaching about software testing, instructors often face very unmotivated students, professing little or no interest in becoming testers. This tutorial will address some testing misconceptions, and, through Metamorphic Testing - a new approach to testing which alleviates some of the major challenges in the field (including the Oracle Problem) - will provide a fresh and exciting new perspective on software testing.
KW - Metamorphic Testing
KW - Software Quality Assurance
KW - Software Testing
KW - Training
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84963517894&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TALE.2015.7386036
DO - 10.1109/TALE.2015.7386036
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84963517894
T3 - Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015
SP - 161
EP - 162
BT - Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 10 December 2015 through 12 December 2015
ER -