Topics covered in this unit include: testing of standalone, LAN based internet software, different forms of testing, test plan generation and execution, test coverage. Reliability estimates of software including error defect models, maintenance and modifiability effects. Introduction to software quality issues both process and product related and standards. Introduction to GQM. Factors influencing software quality, standards for software quality assurance, measures of quality, error rates, concept of a measurement environment for quality, design of experiments for quality measurement, use of metrics in quality control, reliability issues.

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