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WOPR12 Call For Proposals(CFP)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:01:55 -0600

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)

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:27:01 -0500

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

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:13:46 -0600

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

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:09:20 -0500

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

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:50:27 -0500

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)

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:59:23 -0600

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

Mon, 15 May 2006 14:47:00 -0500

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):

Video: Exploratory Testing with Jon Bach

Wed, 03 May 2006 11:21:04 -0500

Another Google TechTalks video from March 16, 2006 with Jon Bach talking about Exploratory Testing.

Click to watch: Exploratory Testing

More Testing videos

Mon, 01 May 2006 18:12:48 -0500

And since I was looking at Google Video already (see my previously posted blog entry), I decided to browse a bit more and lo and behold, there are quite a few interesting testing videos. Here's the list:

Click to watch: Using Fit: An Open-Source Testing Framework

Description: Google TechTalks February 9, 2006 Rick Mugridge Rick Mugridge is the lead author of the first book on storytests: "Fit for Developing Software". He has developed and is evolving FitLibrary to better support storytest driven development. He is a leading thinker and inventor in this area, and consults and coaches internationally in storytesting, executable specifications, and agile software development. ABSTRACT We raise four software development issues and show how Fit can be used to address them. The issues are as follows: (1) How can we improve test coverage on a legacy system without discouraging its evolution? (2) Now that we have a successful product with a great UI, how do we provide program access, such as through SOAP? (3) How can QA be involved earlier and more effectively? (4) How can product managers better utilise their expertise? Each of these issues can be addressed with Fit storytests. Storytests satisfy the demands of both requirements and quality assurance, in an amalgam that initially looks weird and counter-intuitive. Storytests are concrete examples that express important things about the business domain and about the system. They are matched and generalised in the code, using the same "ubiquitous language". Week by week, as thinking and understanding grow and change, the storytests grow and change. And so the code evolves.

Video: Modeling Application Usage Visually

Mon, 01 May 2006 12:09:39 -0500

Scott Barber's Google TechTalk is now available Here

Description: Google TechTalks April 24, 2006 Scott Barber Scott Barber is the CTO of PerfTestPlus, Inc. and Co-Founder of the Workshop on Performance and Reliability (WOPR).

Scott's particular specialties are testing and analyzing performance for complex systems, developing customized testing methodologies, group facilitation and authoring instructional materials.

Waterfall2006: I'll be there!

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:20:36 -0600

Who is going to this exciting event?

After years of being disparaged by some in the software development community, the waterfall process is back with a vengeance. You've always known a good waterfall-based process is the right way to develop software projects. Come to the Waterfall 2006 conference and see how a sequential development process can benefit your next project. Learn how slow, deliberate handoffs (with signatures!) between groups can slow the rate of change on any project so that development teams have more time to spend on anticipating user needs through big, upfront design.