Managing Effective Application Performance Course

In this workshop, participants will learn how to manage and improve application performance over releases.  Each topic is supported by review questions and exercises based on real-life examples designed to provide you with the knowledge necessary to master the concepts of ongoing performance improvement.  The workshop focuses on Performance/Capacity planning, resource utilization, and risk management methodologies.

The goal of the workshop is to give the participant an overview of the performance testing process and its management.  The workshop will demonstrate common performance testing methodologies and industry accepted best practices to build a performance testing model focused on improvement over time. Upon completion, the participant will be able to take the concepts learned and apply them to any application environment.

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

> Apply performance testing
> Select performance test objectives
> Build an accurate system model
> Conduct project/resource planning for performance testing
> Plan test scenarios
> Create business processes for performance
> Perform capacity planning
> Know best practices

Managing, Planning, and Design of Performance Tests
Course Overview
Selecting Performance Test Objectives
Building an accurate system model
Project / Resource Planning for Load Testing
Planning Test Scenarios
Creating Business Processes for Performance
Capacity planning

Selecting Performance Test Objectives
Identifying Performance Test types
Identify possible goals of Performance Tests
Applying conclusions of Performance Test to business decision
Prioritizing Performance Test goals when time is limited

Building an Accurate System Profile
Building an accurate system profile
Sources of Information

Project/Resource Planning for Load Testing
HR Requirements
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Data / Application Requirements

Planning Test Scenarios
Applying the system model
Matching measure to Performance Testing goals

Creating Business Processes for Performance Testing
Creating accurate Business Processes

Best Practices

Optional: Capacity Planning
Improving application performance over releases
How Performance Testing and Operations can improve each other
Managing upgrades