Two other CMG-T half-day classes cover Modeling and Capacity Planning:
- Capacity Planning Boot Camp by Dr. Neil J. Gunther, Performance Dynamics
- Modeling and Forecasting by Dr Michael A. Salsburg, Unisys
Capacity
Planning is a core area of CMG so there are many presentations
investigating the subject in detail. Starting with the first part of
the keynote presentation:
- Is Capacity Planning Still Relevant? by Jerred Ruble, TeamQuest Corporation
A
caution here is that many modeling and capacity planning presentations
are pretty advanced for an unprepared listener. While I strongly
believe that a performance tester must understand the basic concepts of
modeling and capacity planning (to be able to do "back of the envelope"
calculations), serious mathematical modeling may be pretty complicated
and is rather optional for performance testers.
Another CMG focus track is Software Performance Engineering (SPE). There is a great tutorial to start from:
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Software Performance Engineering: A Tutorial Introduction by Dr. Lloyd
G. Williams, PerfX and Connie U. Smith, Performance Engineering
Services
The following presentations are directly related to performance testing:
- How to Select Significant Workloads in Performance Models by Paolo Cremonesi, Politecnico di Milano
- Multiple Dimensions of Performance Requirements by Alexander Podelko, Oracle
- Performance Management – Top 10 Traps by Megh Thakkar, CPT Global
A
must-listen is the presentation about typical mistakes implementing
performance projects (while it is about SPE, almost everything is true
for performance testing too):
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