Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Quality assurance and maintenance of infrastructural systems (17.ESI094)

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Power Software Engineering (Year: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Primenjeno softversko inženjerstvo
ECTS	6

Acquiring basic knowledge regarding quality and maintenance of infrastructural software systems. Introduction to the specification and prioritization of quality attributes. Acquaintance with the necessary techniques for attaining the desired quality level according to the ISO/IEC 25010 quality model and Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM) 3.0. Introduction to the tools for managing quality and supporting maintenance work. Insight into creating maintainable application programming interfaces (API).

Knowledge of the major aspects of software quality control and assurance. The ability to participate as a member of a maintenance team. Acquaintance with important tools for managing quality and supporting maintenance. Insight into the importance of a holistic approach to software engineering from the viewpoint of quality and maintenance. Knowledge of the ISO/IEC 25010 quality model, and techniques for achieving various quality attributes. Awareness of the role of architecture in guaranteeing quality and the efficacy of ATAM 3.0.

Quality of an infrastructural software system. Maintenance of a distribution management software (DMS) and maintenance techniques (program analysis, refactoring, re-engineering and reverse engineering). Efficiency of DMS exploitation. Tools to manage quality. Tools to support reverse engineering. ISO/IEC 25010 quality model, ATAM 3.0 and creation of maintainable APIs.

Lectures; Auditory Practice; Consultations.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Ervin Varga	Creating Maintainable APIs: A Practical, Case-Study Approach	2016	Apress	English
Rick Kazman, Humberto Cervantes	Designing Software Architectures: A Practical Approach	2016	Addison-Wesley Professional	English
Bedir Tekinerdogan, John Grundy, Nour Ali, Richard M Soley, Ivan Mistrik	Software Quality Assurance	2015	Morgan Kaufmann	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Project task	Yes	Yes	30.00
Theoretical part of the exam	No	Yes	20.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00