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Increase productivity by 25-75%
Reduce development costs by 50-60%
Accelerate time to market by 20-40%

SAFe provided the agility, visibility, and transparency needed to ensure we could integrate with numerous other efforts, get predictable in our delivery, and ensure timelines are met.

David McMunn

Director of COE, Fannie Mae

Essentials of IBM Rational Performance Tester

This introductory course is designed to familiarize testing professionals with the basics of the IBM Rational performance testing tool. Testers can build, enhance, and run scripts in a full-function Java IDE that integrates with IBM Rational Software Development Platform products. In addition to class lecture, students will be asked to complete labs to reinforce critical concepts and tool functionality. The focus is on the practical application of Performance Tester to resolve common performance testing challenges.

General understanding of Java and web applications
Familiarity with system administration
Familiarity with network administration
Familiarity with web administration

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Understand performance testing basics and document your plan for performance testing using a Workload Analysis Document
Explore a training application (system under test) and exercise it in conjunction with Rational Performance Tester
Use Rational Performance Tester to:
- Create, run and modify performance tests
- Manage test data using datapools and correlation
- Enhance tests with verification points, loops and custom code
- Design and enhance workload scenarios and schedules
- Monitor test execution and analyze results

COURSE OUTLINE

Testing process and testing concepts
Introduction to performance testing
Recording and playing back tests
Datapools and data correlation
Creating and monitoring test schedules
Analyzing test results
Large systems test considerations

AUDIENCE

This intermediate course is for:

Testers with limited coding skills
Testers with limited test automation experience
Testers who are generally new to performance testing
Testers who are responsible for planning performance testing projects and activities
Testers who are responsible for designing performance tests
Testers who are responsible for implementing or executing performance tests using automated test tools