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CLOUD TESTINGRewriting the Rules of Performance Testing

RULE 2: Run More Tests and Find More Issues

SOASTA Webinar Series

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

Why Can’t We Test More?We’ve Been Distracted

Time-consuming pre-and-post test activities result in projects like this

TEST BUILDING

TEST

ANALYZE

FIX

RETEST

REPEAT?

HW Setup

TIME

Leading to missed deadlines and risky releases

TIME

Why Can’t We Test More?

Projects should focus on fixing issues found by actually testing

BUILD

TEST

ANALYZE

FIX

NEXT…

BUILD

TEST

ANALYZE

FIX

NEXT…

BUILD

TEST

ANALYZE

FIX

NEXT…

..and eliminate extraneous activities that interfere

Why Can’t We Test More?

TIME

TESTHW Setup FIXANALYZE RETEST REPEAT?

BUILD TEST

ANALYZE

FIX

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)

TEST BUILDING

TEST

ANALYZE

FIX

HW

Setup

HW

Setup

TEST

ANALYZE

FIX

HW

Setup

TEST

ANALYZE

FIX

HW

Setup

TEST

ANALYZE

FIX

HW

Setup

Extra time!

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

Let’s Look at the NEW RULES

Dr. Neil Gunther

How to Transform Data Into Information

Q&A

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Next “Changing the Rules” Webinar: Nov. 15“Test On Your Schedule Across the Lifecycle”

with Matt Heusser