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Modeling Application Usage Visually
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Description: Google TechTalks April 24, 2006 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.
Astract Modeling application usage is more than just parsing log
files and calculating page frequencies. Whether we are analyzing
navigation path effectiveness, planning for scenario testing,
documenting performance test workload models or mapping services or
objects to user activity having a single, intuitive picture to reference
makes the job easier. In this session, we'll explore a highly adaptable
method for visualizing application usage and how to use this model to
improve cross-functional team communication without requiring team
members to invest time learning some new fad of a modeling language that
they'll probably never use again. This method references UCML™ which
has been described as "what collaboration diagrams should have been."