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| Title | Description | Venue |
| Managed Hosting | ||
| Cloud Now, Brown Cow? | Is Cloud Computing a reality today? What are the realistic options? | Mentora Fall'09 Newsletter | Security |
| Information Security Policy from a Web System Perspective | Understanding the basics of how a legal security policy is actualized in an internet-facing web system. | Palmer & Dodge LLP Attorneys 8/03 |
| Software Quality | ||
| 3 Pillars of Software Quality | Testing Software for correct Function, robust Performance, and Security. | Technology Partners Meeting 4/02 |
| Managing Quality in your ERP Project: 12 Mistakes to Avoid Presentation / White Paper |
Unique challenges managing quality in an ERP project; 12 mistakes to recognize and strategies for avoiding them. | Software Quality Engineering Webinar 8/06 |
| Performance Testing | ||
| Data Patterns in Performance Testing | Interview with Dan Downing at STPCon 2009 on a presentation with Ross Collard on the importance of understanding data patterns for selecting the right data for a performance test. | Automated Testing Magazine, December 2009 |
| Resource Monitoring: Bellwether Metrics for Diagnosing Performance Bottlenecks | Key system resource metrics -- and tools -- to monitor during a load test that will guide you in bottleneck diagnosis. | STPCon October 2009 |
| When Load Tests Are Not Equal | 8 questions to ask your vendors when comparing load testing proposals. | Mentora Fall'09 Newsletter |
| Load Testing Oracle E-Business R12 Sales & Service | Tips and techniques for using LoadRunner to performance test Oracle Apps R12. | HP Software Universe 2009 Las Vegas, June 16-18 '09 |
| Performance Validation of Oracle HR over Citrix Distributed Access | Using LoadRunner with the Citrix Add-in to test performance on Oracle E-Business HR deployed over Citrix. | HP Software for Oracle White Paper Contest 3/09 |
| 3 Examples of Testing Reliability | Three examples of testing system reliability under load during component failover testing and longevity testing. | WOPR11 10/08 |
| Bottlenecks Exposed Presentation / Article |
The Most Frequently Found Performance Problems -- and How To Nail Them! Discusses what system resources to measure to correlate with performance times. | STARWest 2001 & Software Test & Performance Magazine 12/04 |
| Conveying Performance Test Results with Data Visualization | Tools & techniques for creating and presenting content-rich graphs that effectively communicate results of performance tests with LoadRunner and OpenSTA. | StarWest 2004 |
| Critical Incidents in Effective Performance Testing | Two salient critical incidents that have fundamentally changed how I conduct performance testing. | WOPR8 4/07 |
| Load Testing a 3-Channel EDI & MQ Messaging System | Experience report on pushing the boundaries of performance testing tools. | WOPR9 9/07 |
| Load Testing PeopleSoft ERP | A case study on load testing the HR Capital Management module of the all-web PeopleSoft8 at AT&T Wireless. | MercuryWorld 2002 |
| OpenSTA Performance Testing | Updated mini-tutorial on using OpenSTA to load test web applications. | STPCon Fall 2007 |
| OpenSTA Performance Testing | Mini-tutorial on using OpenSTA to load test web applications. | STAREast 2007 |
| Performance Testing a New Oracle Manufacturing Implementation | Methodology and benefits of performance testing a new Oracle Apps implementation; a case study at MKS Instruments. | New England Oracle Applications User Group Fall 2005 |
| Performance Validation of Oracle Apps over Citrix Distributed Access | Business and technical challenges of performance testing Oracle HR deployed in a Citrix environment: a case study with M.A. Mortenson construction. | HP Software Universe June 2007 |
| Performance Testing EXP MACESS | Methodology and benefits of performance testing a healthcare CRM EXP MACESS upgrade; a Tufts Health Plan case study. | SunGardWorld 2005 |
| Performance Testing Web Applications with Open Source Tools | Basic methodology and techniques for using OpenSTA to load test web applications. | AQAA Meeting 11/06 & STARWest 2006 |
| Using a lightweight process for performance testing with open source tools. | Experience report on performance testing in an agile environment. | WOPR7 10/06 |
| Web Speed Stress Testing | A 5-Step Methodology for stress testing Web applications. | MercuryWorld 2000 |
| Functional Testing | ||
| ROI of an Oracle Apps Repeatable Automated Test Suite | Computing the return on investment of automating an Oracle Applications 11i testing, based on two case studies, using Mercury QuickTestPro. | OAUG ChangeSIG 2004 |
| Testing Packaged Apps: Strategies and Techniques | Strategies & techniques for load and functional testing of Packaged Applications with LoadRunner, WinRunner and TestDirector. | STARWest 2003 |
| Testing an Oracle Apps 11i Upgrade: Strategies and Techniques | Strategies & techniques for regression testing of an Oracle Applications 11i Upgrade at H.M.Huber, using WinRunner and TestDirector. | MercuryWorld 2003 |
| Testing PeopleSoft & Oracle Apps: Strategies and Techniques | Strategies & techniques for load and functional testing of PeopleSoft8 & Oracle Apps 11i with LoadRunner, WinRunner and TestDirector. | Mercury Atlanta Local User Group 6/03 |
| Testing Oracle Apps 11i | Techniques for functional testing of Oracle Apps 11i with WinRunner and TestDirector. | MercuryWorld 2002 |
| Automated Testing of Oracle Applications 11i - White Paper | An automated functional testing primer for Oracle Apps 11i Financials & Manufacturing, discussing the challenges and benefits of a disciplined automated approach, using the Mercury tools. | Mercury Booth OAUG 2002 |