QualiTeam: A Support Tool When Learning Software Quality and Testing Concepts
- 1 Department of Applied Mathematics and Systems, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2 Department of Applied Mathematics and Systems, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
Abstract
QualiTeam is a web application to support the teaching-learning process on Software Quality Assurance, Quality Control and Testing introductory concepts. It has two main objectives: to facilitate the understanding of concepts learned in theory and to facilitate the monitoring of SW projects that students develop. The system gives the teacher control and the students a guide on the activities that must be carried out throughout a software project development. QualiTeam is a tool conceived to help in the challenge of providing students with concrete examples with which they can practice and clarify the topics taught in the classroom. With it, students can apply concepts that, in the initial training of a software engineer, are generally taught only at a theoretical level such as: review process, change requests, trouble reports, document version control and testing documentation management. QualiTeam is free and available online. It has been in operation for 5 years, through which improvements have been made until achieving a quite stable version.
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