2nd in the "Rewriting the Rules of Perfomance Testing" series. Neil Gunther, leader in advance capacity planning and performance testing joins Dan Bartow to discuss why and how testing early, often, and with accurate data to transform is the only approach to optimal performance readiness.

1. CLOUD TESTING
Rewriting the Rules of
Performance Testing
RULE 2:
Run More Tests and
Find More Issues
SOASTA Webinar Series

2. Why Can’t We Test More?
We’ve Been Distracted
Sourcing, provisioning, & making-do with
marginal load generation infrastructure
Process-mired, code-based test development
Digging through big data
haystacks seeking information

3. Why Can’t We Test More?
We’ve Been Distracted
Time-consuming pre-and-post test activities result in projects like this
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Leading to missed deadlines and risky releases

4. TIME
Why Can’t We Test More?
Projects should focus on fixing issues found by actually testing
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..and eliminate extraneous activities that interfere

5. Why Can’t We Test More?
TIME
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Traditional Approaches
Eliminate constraints and TEST MORE, at SCALE, in LESS TIME
OLD = It’s all about PREPARATION
NEW = It’s all about RESULTS (lots of them)
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6. Let’s Dig In…
 Quickly build tests with a visual programming interface
 Leverage the cloud for testing at unlimited scale
 Run tests anytime on your schedule
And, (the really hard part)
Know what to do with the DATA (and there is a LOT)
Delivering more results may require a Mindset Reset

7. Let’s Look at the NEW RULES
Dr. Neil Gunther
How to Transform Data Into Information

23. Q&A
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Next “Changing the Rules” Webinar: Nov. 15
“Test On Your Schedule Across the Lifecycle”
with Matt Heusser