Top 10 Tips for Performance Test Tool Evaluation from STP Online Summit

I had the pleasure of hosting the another Online Summit, delivered by Software Test Professionals: Survey of Performance Testing Tools. The online summit format consists of 11 sessions over 3 consecutive days. The sessions for this summit were:

• A Survey of Performance Testing Tools Introduction – Scott Barber & Mark Tomlinson
• Neotys - NeoLoad – Bill Nicholson
• SOASTA - Cloud Test Performance – Dan Bartow
• BlazeMeter - The Load and Performance Testing JMeter Cloud – Alon Girmonsky
• AgileLoad – Adam Brown
• HP - LoadRunner – Shane Evans
• Web Performance Load Tester – Michael Czeiszperger
• Telerik - Test Studio – Jim Holmes
• Compuware - Gomez 360 Web Load Testing – Duane Dorch
• SmartBear - LoadComplete –Michael J. Punsky
• A Survey of Performance Testing Tools Tips and Panel Discussion – Scott Barber, Mark Tomlinson & Summit Speakers

One of my duties as host was to try to summarize the most valuable nuggets of information from across all of the presentations into a "top tips" list. This is what I came up with:

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Agile Sprint Sanctity Valued at Over $13M?!?

During STPCon last week (which, BTW, was fabulous, but more on that in another post, 'cause I've got to get this off my chest) I was a panelist for The Hard Stuff: Questions About Agile. During the course of the discussion, someone asked a question that I heard as the following:

"... but what should I do about our sprints getting messed up when [executive] comes in and tells us to stop what we're doing and add [feature X] before the end of the following week so s/he can finalize the $13 Million deal with [new client Y, but only if the feature X is implemented by then]..."

10 Take Aways from STP Summit on Agile Transitions

I had the pleasure of hosting the fourth Online Summit, delivered by Software Test Professionals: Agile Transitions.  The online summit format consists of 3 sessions each for 3 consecutive days.  The sessions for this summit were:

• What is Agile and What's it Got to do With Testing? – Scott Barber
• How "Agilists" vs. "Traditionalists" View Testing – Robert Walsh
• Keys to Transitioning to Agile Testing: Lessons Learned from the Trenches – Bob Galen
• The Secret to Successful Agile Test Automation – Lisa Crispin
• Culture & Inter-Focus Area Interactions – Selena Delesie
• Avoiding Agile Perversion – Lanette Creamer
• Excelling as an Agile Tester – Henrik Andersson
• The Lone Tester In an Agile World – Michael Larsen
• Top Take Aways  – Scott Barber  
• Speaker Panel – Scott Barber, Robert Walsh, Lisa Crispin, Selena Delesie, Henrik Andersson, Michael Larsen

One of my duties as host was to try to summarize the most valuable nuggets of information from across all of the presentations into a "top take aways" list.  This is what I came up with:

Scott's Top 10 Take Aways from:

10 Take Aways from STP Summit on Metrics

I had the pleasure of hosting the third Online Summit, delivered by Software Test Professionals: Deliver Value with Testing Metrics: Move Beyond the Myth.  The online summit format consists of 3 sessions each for 3 consecutive days.  The sessions for this summit were:

• My Testing Metrics Allergy – Dawn Haynes
• The Math Behind the Lies – Doug Hoffman
• Change the Questions for More Valuable Answers  – Scott Barber
• Controversies in Quality Metrics – Yvette Francino
• Telling The Testing Story – Fiona Charles
• More "T" and Less "BS" – Jon Bach
• A New World: Metrics That Really Count – Harry Robinson
• Risk Metrics & Reporting – Julie Gardiner
• Top Take Aways  – Scott Barber  
• Speaker Panel – Scott Barber, Fiona Charles, Jon Bach, Doug Hoffman, Harry Robinson, Yvette Francino

One of my duties as host was to try to summarize the most valuable nuggets of information from across all of the presentations into a "top take aways" list.  This is what I came up with:

Scott's Top 10 Take Aways from: