Information Technology and Communications

Building Performance Testing Strategies Under Heavy Load

A practical programme in load performance testing for professionals who are accountable for results, not just awareness.

  • 5training days
  • 4modules
  • 8sessions
  • 32topics
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Building Performance Testing Strategies Under Heavy Load
5days

About the programme

Course Overview

Security and delivery speed are traded against each other in load performance testing whether or not anyone says so. Systems supporting the technology and systems delivery capability fail in ways that are obvious afterwards and invisible before. The programme suits teams tackling the technology and systems delivery discipline together as readily as individuals attending alone. The teaching approach is deliberately practical: participants build a technical standard for load performance testing as they go. The programme takes participants through this area of technology and systems delivery end to end, from framing the problem to closing it out. Most organisations already have a policy on this aspect of technology and systems delivery; far fewer can show it working. The programme builds the judgement to know which parts of load performance testing to standardise and which to leave flexible. Where the technology and systems delivery capability is measured, it improves; where it is only discussed, it drifts. The programme closes with an action plan for the wider technology and systems delivery agenda that each participant writes for their own organisation.

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Measure delivery and reliability of load performance testing with indicators teams trust.

  • Structure the service desk and support model for load performance testing.

  • Manage change to load performance testing so every release can be rolled back.

  • Review contracts and agreements for the obligations they create around load performance testing.

  • Draw practical lessons from failures in load performance testing without assigning blame that suppresses reporting.

  • Design a training and briefing approach that sustains competence in load performance testing.

  • Control technical debt in load performance testing deliberately rather than by neglect.

Who Should Attend

  • Solution architects designing load performance testing.

  • Compliance and governance staff whose remit includes load performance testing.

  • IT governance and audit staff reviewing load performance testing.

  • IT managers and service owners responsible for load performance testing.

  • Network and communications engineers supporting load performance testing.

  • Officers preparing reports on load performance testing for boards or oversight committees.

Course Modules

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01

Load performance testing: security, identity and least privilege

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Dependencies and supply chain risk in load performance testing

  • Apply change control to load performance testing including emergency changes.
  • Collect evidence on the present handling of load performance testing before proposing changes.
  • Identify the single points of failure in load performance testing.
  • Name a single owner for each element of load performance testing.

Session 2Testing load performance testing before relying on it

  • Review logging on load performance testing for coverage and retention.
  • Map the handovers in load performance testing between functions and secure them.
  • Configure alerting on load performance testing that reflects what users experience.
  • Close out actions on load performance testing rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
02

Load performance testing: build, pipeline and release discipline

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1What has to be agreed before work on load performance testing starts

  • Inventory third-party dependencies inside load performance testing and their update status.
  • Assess the exit route from any cloud or vendor dependency in load performance testing.
  • Plan the sequence in which improvements to load performance testing will be introduced.
  • Confirm that contractual obligations around load performance testing are understood.

Session 2Least privilege in load performance testing without blocking the work

  • Set out how exceptions to load performance testing are requested and approved.
  • Document the runbook for load performance testing to the level a new engineer could use.
  • Set delivery and reliability indicators for load performance testing the team trusts.
  • Confirm data retention and deletion rules applied within load performance testing.
03

Load performance testing: architecture and designing for failure

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Running an incident on load performance testing calmly

  • Confirm the support model and escalation path for load performance testing.
  • Test the failover for load performance testing rather than assuming it works.
  • Set escalation thresholds for load performance testing that work out of hours.
  • Restore a backup of load performance testing in a test environment and time it.

Session 2Monitoring load performance testing from the user's point of view

  • Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for load performance testing.
  • Record the technical debt in load performance testing and schedule repayment.
  • Define incident severity levels for load performance testing and the response each triggers.
  • Review access rights on load performance testing and remove what is no longer needed.
04

Load performance testing: documentation, support and handover

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Designing load performance testing around how it will fail

  • Define the trigger that would require load performance testing to be redesigned.
  • Measure current load on load performance testing and project it forward twelve months.
  • Record the rationale for each significant choice made about load performance testing.
  • Set out the decisions in load performance testing that require sign-off and by whom.

Session 2Comparing load performance testing with recognised practice

  • Benchmark the organisation's load performance testing against comparable operations.
  • Establish the boundary of load performance testing and record what sits outside it.
  • Build the internal briefing that explains load performance testing to those affected.
  • Compare the cost of load performance testing with the cost of its absence.

Choose the package that suits you

Silver Package

At least 3 people

USD1,250
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

Gold Package

At least 3 people

USD1,850
  • 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

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