JavaZone 2011 - Extreme Performance Testing
XP developers follow a certain way of life. Take something good and turn it up to the extreme. Extreme Performance Testing is born out of ten years experience working with XP, with the goal of further integrating performance testing into a normal XP development process. No longer will you need to treat performance testing as just another stage towards production. Taking performance testing to the extreme is often viewed as difficult requiring special skills, extra resources, and much more time.
In this talk, we'll look at Extreme Performance Testing's key practices, effectively translating the agile values and principles into a different set of practices. We'll look at real world examples that demonstrate these practices in action, understanding their positive impact on projects. We'll also explore the prerequisites for making Extreme Performance Testing most effective, and the reinforcing practices that amplify their positive effects.
You'll come away from this talk with concrete advice on how to better integrate performance testing into classic agile methods and how to apply Extreme Performance Testing to your projects.
Patrick Kua
Best described as a Generalising Specialist, Patrick Kua works as an agile practitioner, coach and technical leader for ThoughtWorks London. His interests focus on blending excellence in technical and team aspects, drawing upon agile practices to help align business and IT capabilities. He is particularly passionate about continuous improvement, learning and is a deeply experience presenter and workshop facilitator, having presented at variety of conferences including Javazone, Agile North, the XP200x series of conferences, Agile 2009, QCon London, & Oredev.