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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| The Alignment of Software Testing Skills of IS Students with Industry Practices - A South |
| Elsje Scott, Alexander Zadirov, Sean Feinberg, and Ruwanga Jayakody |
| University of South Africa, South Africa |
| University of South Africa, South Africa |
| University of South Africa, South Africa |
| University of South Africa, South Africa |
| Software testing is crucial to ensure that systems of good quality are developed in industry and for this reason it is |
| necessary to investigate the extent to which there is an alignment of software testing skills of Information Systems |
| students at the University of Cape Town and industry practices in South Africa. |
| A number of criteria were identified as the basis for this investigation. These criteria were used to ex-amine the |
| data collected from companies in the software testing industry and students at the University of Cape Town. |
| Significant differences were found between software testing skills required by industry and those claimed by students, |
| particularly with regard to the tests being used and the percentage of time spent on testing. |
| This study should be seen as work in progress to investigate current practice in industry that might in-form future |
| research to enhance curricula. |
| Keywords: Software Testing, Testing Categories, Testing Framework |
ISSN
1535-07-03
Unless otherwise indicated, this paper has undergone blind external review by three or more reviewers.
Types of Papers: A Best Paper, Regular Paper, Short Paper, Informal Paper,
Unrefereed Panel Paper
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