CS 1530 Project
Beta Testing
Due: November 19th, testing results and testing documents: November 29
For this project milestone, you should have a functional, and mostly complete
implementation of your Surpass spreadsheet product. Something that can be tested at the
customer’s site (beta test). The instructors and two groups will be the testers for your
product.
What to hand in:
1. The complete source code for your project. If it’s not straightforward to compile
and run your Surpass version, a description on how to compile and start it should
be handed in as well. For testing purposes, we will be producing bytecode
executables that we will be using for testing and distribute to other groups for
testing. Only the instructors will see the actual source code. (due 11/19)
2. A test plan along with tests and test cases to test your product. (due 11/29)
3. Your original requirements specification. The test plan should describe how each
of the requirements is tested. (due 11/19)
4. A user manual .(due 11/19)
5. Your code should be well documented. This includes comments in the code but
we also like a short write-up that relates your design to the implementation. (due
11/19)
Please hand in your materials electronically, either as a zip or (compressed) tar archive.
How your project will be graded
:
1. Correctness. The beta testers will try to break your Surpass system in any possible
way. It should be stable, handle errors gracefully, and conform to your
specification.
2. Completeness. Mostly complete should not be read as you can implement just
what you see fit. If there are minor omissions with respect to your design or
specification, this will not affect your grade by much. But every missing feature
will lower your grade. If your Surpass is not usable (can’t create, load or save
spreadsheets, enter data and formulas and calculate) your grade will be an F.
3. The quality of your documentation: this includes the user manual, and code
documentation. If the instructors have any doubts about how your code was
derived from your design you may be asked to make an oral presentation either in
