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Knowledge and application of advanced test procedures; knowledge and application of model-based quality assurance techniques; application of quantitative models in analytical and constructive quality assurance; quality assurance of modern software systems.

Students who have successfully completed this course will know and be able to apply:

1. Quantitative models in analytical and design software quality assurance.
2. Quality assurance methods for modern software systems. 
3. Advanced approaches to software testing.

This course will answer the following questions:

• What is software quality, how do we define it?
• How can we measure software quality?
• How can we decide what to test?
• How can we detect defects?
• How can we verify that the source code is working correctly?
• How do we know we have tested enough?
• What are the tradeoffs in quality assurance?
• What are the approaches to testing?
• What are code smells?
• What particular approaches can we use in security testing?
• What particular approaches can we use in performance testing?
• How can we ensure continuous quality assurance of software?

Frontal lectures, exercises, self-study and presentation of software tools for quality assurance.

6 practice sheets of 25 points each (75%), 5 practice sheets must be submitted. Tool presentation and demonstration as a group (25%).

Basic knowledge of software development concepts and methodologies; familiarity with programming languages and software development tools; understanding of software testing and debugging processes; experience with version control systems.