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Announcing WOPR13

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Theme: Performance Rules of Thumb

WOPR13 Theme Description
Many testers develop job aids such as models, frameworks and tools. These aids often incorporate rules of thumb, or heuristics, which help monitor progress and quickly identify and resolve problems. Rules of thumb are similar to what have been called "Testing Smells"; practitioners use them to plan and conduct performance tests, analyze test results, and examine live systems.

WOPR12 Call For Proposals(CFP)

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Please see the WOPR Site for all details.

The Theme is: Resource Monitoring During Performance Testing

People involved in developing, testing, and delivering hardware, software, or internet based applications must be able to ensure those solutions meet customer and user expectation. But what are those expectations - specifically around resolving performance bottlenecks - and how do you ensure they are being met?

WOPR11 Call For Proposals(CFP)

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Theme: Reliability… what can we do?

People involved in developing, testing, and delivering hardware, software, or internet based applications must be able to ensure those solutions meet customer and user expectations… The question that follows – Exactly what are those expectations and how do you ensure they are being met?

WOPR11 will explore the topic of reliability with seasoned professionals, including architects, designers and performance and reliability testers.

WOPR10: Call for proposals

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WOPR10: Call For Proposals(CFP)

Theme: How can we teach performance testing?

Every aspect of performance testing from problem awareness to systematic modeling, performance testing experiments, result analysis to problem reporting and getting the darn system actually working involves a rich an complex set of interrelated skills coupled with a blend of detailed technical knowledge and rich context sensitivity.  What are these skills?  How can we teach them?

WOPR9 Application Deadline

The July 1, 2007 deadline is nearing for the 9th edition of the Workshop on Performance and Reliability. We still have a few spots left for what is intended to be our most technical WOPR sofar.

WOPR9: Call for Proposals

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Read more and register: http://www.performance-workshop.org/content/view/44/86/

Theme: Pushing the boundaries of performance testing tools
or when the performance test tool won't let you do…
Conference Location and Time

Microsoft, Redmond, WA USA
September 27 - 29, 2007

A Microsoft organized pre-WOPR event will take place on September 26. WOPR participants will also be invited to attend this event.

WOPR8: Call for Presentations (CFP)

context-driven testing | industry recognition | performance testing | performance testing patterns | performance testing tools | reliability testing | stress testing
Theme: Critical Incidents in Effective Performance Testing

Conference Location and Time
MITRE Bedford MA, USA

April 12 – 14, 2008

Major Questions of Interest
Questions we are interested in exploring at WOPR8 include:

What critical Incidents lead to effective performance testing? By sharing and attempting to understanding the critical incidents leading to effective performance testing we will explore how our craft can make an important contribution to all IT and Development projects.

Announcement: Ross Collard is conducting his Performance Testing workshop

Ross Collard is conducting his Performance Testing workshop in Redmond, WA on Monday through Wednesday, June 19-21. It will be followed by a one-day workshop on Robustness Testing on Thursday, June 22. Both workshops will have a mix of Google, Microsoft and other participants.

These workshops have been widely acclaimed. This is a typical example of participant’s feedback (from a Microsoft test engineer who attended a workshop hosted by Google in April, 2006):
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