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NOTICE OF RESEARCH SEMINAR
No: 2004.5
Date: Tuesday, 15 June 2004
Time: 12h30-14h00
Venue: Leslie Commerce, Upper Campus, Room 6.14
Speaker: Elsje Scott
Topic: The Impact of the Adoption of Object-Orientated Testing Practices
- A South African Perspective
SPEAKER
Elsje Scott is a lecturer in the Department of Information Systems at University
of Cape Town (UCT). Elsje holds an MSc degree in Applied Mathematics from the
University of Stellenbosch. Elsje started her career as a teacher in Physics and
Chemistry, worked at the Atomic Energy Board and Unisa and lectured programming
at the Cape Technikon (School of Business Informatics) for 14 years before
continuing her career at UCT (2000). Elsje enjoys explaining Mathematics and the
principles of programming. She currently coordinates the Systems Development
Group Project, an exciting course bringing together hard and soft skills and
exposing students to real life problems. The technical and other challenges that
the development and management of these projects involve provide a diverse and
rich field of study.
TOPIC
The paper The Impact of the Adoption of Object-Oriented Testing Practices A
South African Perspective was produced for the Informatics 2004 (Kuala Lumpur)
conference and was based on an empirical research study done by a group of
honours students in 2003 (mentored by Elsje).
This paper presents an overview of an investigation into the extent to which
object-oriented (OO) testing practices have been adopted by South African
software development companies and the impact that this adoption has had on the
efficiency and effectiveness of the testing process. As part of this
investigation, the standard of the software testing process in South Africa was
compared to the findings of a similar study conducted in Alberta, Canada.
A finger lunch and refreshments will be provided. To RSVP and for further
information on the seminar please call Ms Aayesha Patel on 650-4028 or e-mail:
Aayesha.Patel@uct.ac.za