QW2002 Paper 8P2 Danny R. Faught (Tejas Software Consulting) The Making of an Open Source Stress Test Tool

Key Points

• Introduce the audience to an open source stress test tool that they can use.
• Explain the benefits of a general-purpose reusable stress test tool.
• Describe some of the implementation details involved in building a heavy-duty test driver.

Presentation Abstract

Describes a reusable stress test tool that I designed while at Convex Computer Corporation, and is now available under an open source license.

About the Author

Danny R. Faught is an independent software quality consultant, calling his practice Tejas Software Consulting. He has been in the industry for ten years. He has a BS in Computer Science from the University of North Texas. He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality, and is also a member of the Project Management Institute and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. Danny is the maintainer of testingfaqs.org and is cofounder of the swtest-discuss mailing list. He serves on the Practicality Gauntlet for STQE magazine. He speaks and writes frequently on software quality topics.