From The Editor
“Alone, metrics are just visual or graphical representations of data. However, by analyzing metrics, software developers can figure out patterns, trends and issues that affect applications’ performance in production.”
So says Amy Reichert in a SearchSoftwareQuality article which gives good, hands-on web service and web application advice on defining requirements, creating tests and monitoring results. Amy discusses the most useful metrics and gives some tips on common performance problems, see below, Application performance metrics are what to test, not how to test.
On a less technical but common everyday challenge,
“At my first job one of the things I absolutely hated doing was sitting in on meetings… There were too many people involved who just couldn’t agree on anything… So here’s the strategy I’ve come up with that has worked pretty well.”
See below for some interesting advice from a Femgineer 4 April 2014 blog How to Handle Dissenters.
“Artificial measures such as EVM [Earned Value Management] typically prove to be overhead at best, whose only value is to cater to the dysfunctional bureaucrats infesting many organizations.” Scott W. Ambler.
In our previous issue, we saw some strong opinions expressed in The Program/Project Cost & Schedule Management Debates. The above is an example of some equally strong opinions in The Program/Project Cost & Schedule Management Debates, Part 2: Can Earned Schedule be used on Agile Projects?, see below.
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Articles in the current Issue cover:
Application performance metrics are what to test, not how to test
“Personally, as a Web service and Web application user, I want speed, accuracy and security, regardless of what exactly an application provides”
How to Handle Dissenters.
“Think about my approach of creating alignment, and try it out.”
The Program/Project Cost & Schedule Management Debates, Part 2: Can Earned Schedule be used on Agile Projects?
“EVM is incredibly attractive to managers desperate to make it appear that their team is making progress even though actual progress is questionable at best.” Scott W. Ambler.
Ted Smillie
QESP Chairman