Description

The project lets you dive deep into a specific subject of interest. Read a scientific paper related to testing and present the results!

Goals

This assignment aims to reach the following objectives from the syllabus:

Upon completion of the examination, students should be able to:

• individually present and explain a specific study area within software testing and
• demonstrate theoretical insights in that area
• critically evaluate literature and other information sources in the field of software testing.

Single student Assignment

This assignment contains elements that must be done by a single student.

Note that all artifacts should be marked by the student.

Examination of the assignment is done individually.

Show the required parts, including your article choice, during your scheduled lab sessions. You must also attend the presentation seminar in January. Submitting an article or a recording alone does not replace participation in these assessments.

Kalmar and Växjö campus students attend their group's lab sessions and presentation seminar in person. Only WP distance students participate online.

Task

Find one peer reviewed article(paper) about a subject of interest in the field of testing. This paper should either be published in a peer-reviewed journal or conference.

The paper should be at least 6+ pages, and follow IMRAD (Introduction, metod, results, analysis, Discussion) or is similar.

Tip: Linnaeus University Library staff are good at searching for and finding articles.

Here are some examples of databases to find suitable papers:

OneSearch (LNU)

Information about OneSearch: https://lnu.se/ub/soka-och-vardera/onesearch/

Plugin to allow access to articles the university has access to: https://lnu.se/ub/soka-och-vardera/soka-utanfor-campus/

Link: http://ub.lnu.se/rd/os_sv

When searching on OneSearch you can filter the results to only show peer-reviewed results.

IEEEXPlore

Link: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp

ACM

Link: http://dl.acm.org/

Checklist for determining that the article is "good enough"

• The article focus is within Software Testing.
  • Read the title, abstract, and relevant parts of the introduction to verify this.
• The article format roughly follows the IMRAD structure.
  • Check the overall structure and section headings of the article.
• The article should be at least 6 pages.
• Identify where the article was published (this is called the publication venue).
  • Articles should be published in a scientific conference or a peer-reviewed journal.
  • The venue is sometimes stated in the PDF and sometimes found via the search engine or database.
• Verify that the publication venue is peer reviewed.
  • Visit the conference or journal homepage and look for a description of the review process.

Examination criteria and Artifacts

The presentation should report and analyze at least one peer-reviewed paper, your presentation should answer these questions about the article:

• Why? What problem are the author(s) trying to solve?
• How? What method has been used to answer the question?
• What is the result from the method?
• What is the validity of the result according to the author?
• Does the research solve the problem/answer the question?
• What are to be done next? future work? and why?
• And lastly something from you. What do you think and why? If you make claims support those with evidence or logic

Deadlines

• Select your article and show it to the teaching assistant before Friday 4 December 2026 at 16:00.
• You present the article during the workshop/seminar in January 2027, see schedule for your group.
• Give a five-minute presentation during the scheduled seminar. Attendance is required; a recorded presentation does not replace attendance. See your group's schedule for the time.

Grading

This assignment is graded (Pass / Fail)

• Use of peer reviewed papers within the area of testing
• Critical standpoint (discuss the validity)
• Read and understand scientific literature
• Theoretical insight