Lehre.TestVerlE (Struktur)

Test and dependability (3V1Ü)

(G. Kemnitz)

IT systems automate intellectual tasks: operational procedures, the control of processes and machines, design tasks, … A prerequisite for their use – and usually the most expensive feature of the product – is sufficient dependability.
The key to this lies in carrying out checks and rectifying any shortcomings identified in the process at three levels:
  • during design and manufacture (fault prevention),
  • prior to deployment and during maintenance (fault rectification) and
  • during operation (fault tolerance, damage prevention).
The type and scope of the tests carried out play a key role in this. The content and learning objectives of the lecture are models for describing dependability and the measures for ensuring the dependability of IT systems comprising hardware and software: checks, tests, troubleshooting, …

Target audience: Master’s students in Computer Science and those interested from other degree programmes

Credits: (ECTS): 6

Slide sets

[F] -- Slide sets, [H] -- Handouts for printing.
  • [‘F1’] Key metrics, issues encountered during use
    1. Reliability: service model, availability, reliability, security.
    2. Problem handling: monitoring, format checks, value checks, re-request, majority decision, response upon detection, problem prevention.
  • Website under construction

Organisation

Homework

The weekly homework assignments are available as PDF files with the filenames

TV_<anr>_<name>_<matr>_<opt>.pdf

(<anr> – exercise number, <name> – your name, <matr> – your matriculation number, <opt> – optional abbreviation if there are several files) by email to ha-tv@in.tu-clausthal.de by the dates specified in the schedule; these will be marked and returned. A total of 50 per cent of the homework marks is required for admission to the examination. For additional homework marks, up to 2 bonus marks are available for the written examination (equivalent to one grade level).


Autor: gkemnitz, Letzte Änderung: 27.10.2026 11:29:51

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