CAST 2014

Many newcomers to performance and load testing get the basics of test scripting and execution mastered in a few months and they can provide value to your project and company by simply delivering test results. However, if that's where your skills suddenly end and other engineers seem disconnected from your efforts, it's time for you to learn more about performance analysis and remediation. The real purpose and value of your work is making improvements and driving change to the technology and the company through the extension of your performance test results.

In this workshop you will learn how to take the next steps with your performance testing skills by learning new techniques for advanced performance analysis, deep-dives into bottlenecks, and proving out the remedies to the problems you've identified.

Workshop Takeaways:

• Techniques for performance analysis and how to apply them in different contexts.


• The use of inductive and deductive reasoning in performance.


• Mathematical regressions for determining risk and severity.


• Tips for measurement correlation and juxtaposition.


• Risk and cost-based problem evaluation.


• Innovative practices for results reporting and escalation.


• Iterative remediation and problem isolation processes.

The class is broken into 4 sections

1. Advanced Analysis Concepts


2. Data State Transference and Bottlenecks


3. Results Synthesis and Reporting


4. Remediation and Escalation

Note: Participants should be familiar with performance testing basics, load testing and stress testing.  They should also have a working knowledge of computer system resources: CPU, DISK, MEMORY and NETWORK.