QW2002 Tutorial B1 Mr. Ross Collard (Collard & Company) Web site Robustness and Scalability Testing

Key Points

• Testing availability of Web sites
• Testing scalability
• Robustness and recoverability of Web sites

Presentation Abstract

First on reliability -- nature of Web site reliability, modes of failure, testing for recoverability, load & stress test project outlines,load & stress test plan templates, and common test chalenges.

Second session on scalability -- reasons Web sites don't scale, how to test for scalalabity, predictig scalability, and what test equipment and tools are needed.

About the Author

Ross Collard is president of Collard & Company, a consulting firm which is headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. His consulting and training clients have included: ADP, Alcatel, American Express, Anheuser-Busch, Apple, AT&T, Banamex, Bank of America, Bechtel, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Boeing, British Airways, the CIA, Ciba Geigy, Cisco, Citibank, Computer Associates, Dayton Hudson, Dell, EDS, Exxon, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Federal Reserve, Ford, Hewlett-Packard, Hughes Aircraft, IBM, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan, McGraw Hill, MCI, Merck, Microsoft, Motorola, NASA, Nortel, Novell, Procter & Gamble, Prudential, Sears Roebuck, Swiss Bank, U.S. Air Force, Verizon and Worldcom.

He has conducted seminars on business and information technology topics for businesses, governments and universities, including George Washington, Harvard and New York Universities, MIT, Stanford and U.C. Berkkeley.He has a BE in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Zealand (where he grew up), an MS in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology and an MBA from Stanford University. His set of books on software testing is due to be published next year.