QW2002 Paper 2Q Mr. Hung Nguyen (LogiGear Corporation) Effective Performance Test Planning and Implementation

Key Points

• Create useful load testing plans in the dark
• Set and meet performance testing expectations
• Design and construct useful tests through the understanding of user-based and server-based workload modeling, and other critical and often misunderstood variables

Presentation Abstract

This QuickStart discusses how to plan and implement a successful, cost effective performance testing program. It's ideal for professionals taking on the new responsibilities of determining the scope of performance testing, selecting the right strategy to fit the need and budget; acquiring the resources to implement the program, designing useful tests to reveal findings that support business and engineering decisions, and educating the rest of the organization about performance testing.

About the Author

Hung Q. Nguyen is founder, president, and CEO of LogiGear® Corporation. He’s held leadership roles in business management, product development, business development, engineering, quality assurance, testing, and information technology. Hung is an international speaker and contributor to industry publications. He authors and teaches software testing curriculums for LogiGear University and the University of California. He is the original architect of TRACKGEAR™, a Web-based defect management system, and the author of Testing Applications on the Web (Wiley). He also wrote (with Kaner and Falk) the best-selling book Testing Computer Software (Wiley), which is also published in Japanese. He holds a B.Sc. in Quality Assurance from Cogswell Polytechnical College, is an ASQ-Certified Quality Engineer, and a member of the Advisory Council for the Department of Applied Computing and Information Systems at UC Berkeley Extension.