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Here are the five most important software quality metrics that QA and testing teams need to focus on to ensure quality and deliver results to end...
Todd DeCapua
Jun 1, 2015
Top 5 software quality metrics that matter right now
Measuring success
102 performance engineering questions every IT and software development team should ask, extending beyond the application to its complete environment.
Todd DeCapua
Aug 27, 2015
102 performance engineering questions every software development team should ask
Get the full story
What is performance engineering? A new survey found different answers depending on the respondent's role and company size.
Todd DeCapua
Nov 17, 2015
New roles, responsibilities redefining performance engineering in the enterprise
Who are you?
Know the metrics: server & app response time; rendering time; memory/battery/data use; crashes; time to first byte; # of HTTP calls; TCP connection...
Todd DeCapua
Nov 18, 2015
Understanding front-end vs back-end performance metrics for mobile apps
A system of metrics
Make your front end faster and optimize the user experience with these front end performance best practices for web applications.
Todd DeCapua
Aug 28, 2015
23 front-end performance engineering rules for web apps
Jim Carrey approves
Learn about how to take your team from performance testing to performance engineering, and how to best leverage both to deliver greater value to...
Todd DeCapua
Dec 8, 2015
Getting from performance testing to performance engineering
Road trip!
App performance should start at the earliest phases of the lifecycle. Here are some simple techniques for capturing acceptance criteria in the user...
Todd DeCapua
Jul 18, 2016
How to build performance into your user stories
Make it a way of life
Continuous delivery involves more than using Docker to push out code more quickly. Read how containers can increase the complexity for software...
Todd DeCapua
May 11, 2016
4 myths about containers and continuous delivery—It doesn't get easier
Contains a few caveats
Index cards
Learn how to start building high-performance features from the start of the design process with performance requirements in user stories.
Todd DeCapua
Mar 16, 2017
How to build performance requirements into your user stories
Shifting speed to the left
It's challenging for enterprises to decide which metrics and tools to focus on for performance engineering. These survey results offer a place to...
Todd DeCapua
Dec 1, 2015
Beyond fast: Understanding the performance engineering metrics that really matter
Just run really fast?
E-commerce website outages during sales events are disastrous. Cloud testing prepares retail websites for heavy mobile traffic and avoids website...
Todd DeCapua
Aug 31, 2015
Avoid website outages on big retail days with cloud testing
No black eyes on Black Friday
Did Amazon use Prime Day to do performance testing in production? A look at what Amazon learned about its website's capacity to handle increased...
Todd DeCapua
Jul 17, 2015
Was Amazon Prime Day intended as a performance test in production?
Priming the pump
Cloud load testing is simpler, more flexible, and cheaper. See the YouGov survey of IT professionals re: cloud load testing tools, and try the...
Todd DeCapua
May 5, 2016
Why you need cloud load testing, and how to find the right tools
Chance of rain
Read about how to harness the potential of performance engineering to keep your end users happy and coming back for more.
Todd DeCapua
Nov 4, 2015
Performance engineering: Now it's everyone's job
Not just for testers
The longer organizations use agile practices, the higher they value quality assurance and customer experience.
Todd DeCapua
Apr 30, 2015
Agile developers and the quest for quality
Quality matters
Relying on performance testing alone can lead to failures of Healthcare.gov proportions. Performance engineering will help you avoid such disasters.
Todd DeCapua
May 1, 2015
Testing fail: How performance engineering can help dev avoid disaster
Can't spell FAILURE without U
In April 2015, YouGov surveyed enterprise organizations to learn how they are embracing performance engineering. Here are the results.
Todd DeCapua
Nov 10, 2015
Why performance engineering is essential to business success
Survey says
In all the breathless excitement around application containers, one topic that is being consistently overlooked is quality and testing.
Todd DeCapua
Nov 11, 2015
How containers affect software quality
800-pound gorilla
This article in the Performance Retrospectives series analyzes how a systems failure took Bloomberg customers offline, and how to avoid a similar...
Todd DeCapua
May 29, 2015
How a systems failure took Bloomberg customers offline
No trade for you
Whether you are a vigilant practitioner, or a curious IT leader looking for new ideas, here are five things you should know about the changing role...
Todd DeCapua
Jun 17, 2016
5 big changes IT leaders need to know in the DevOps age
All in on outcomes
Attributed to "computer issues," all United Airlines flights in the US were grounded for nearly an hour on June 2, 2015.
Todd DeCapua
Jul 3, 2015
When computer issues ground an airline: Why it's important to build in performance
Performance Restrospectives
The reality of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack and best practices for mitigating risk
Todd DeCapua
Jul 24, 2015
The reality of the Office of Personnel Management breach and how to mitigate risk
Performance Retrospectives
A NETGEAR VueZone IoT failure took customers' security cameras offline. By testing for dependencies in the cloud you can avoid similar issues.
Todd DeCapua
Jun 11, 2015
NETGEAR's VueZone IoT failure leads to home insecurity
IoT fail
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