The benefits of performing regular functional regression testing throughout the application lifecycle are well understood and proven - problems are identified earlier, resolution can be addressed immediately in a more efficient way, project costs are reduced and delivery dates more assured.

So why is this approach not adopted for performance and scalability? After all, it is common to hear users state that "the next release will fix that bug" and accept the situation. However, when a system is known as being "slow", such a reputation is hard to turn around and is the reason why many functionally rich systems have been ignored by their user base.

Reflective Solutions strongly recommends our clients take a holistic attitude to managing performance and scalability - an approach we call Lifecycle Performance Management.
Adopting this approach ensures performance and scalability issues are addressed during the full project lifecycle and that our clients do not experience the common problem of discovering project success threatening problems towards the end of the project.

When discussing this with our clients most accept that it is quite obvious. So why have they not adopted this approach before? The answer is usually because the tools and techniques required are both expensive and complex.

This is where we assist out clients. We provide services and tools to enable performance testing, problem diagnosis, tuning and monitoring throughout the lifecycle.

The results are plain to see and, as a result, our clients have optimally performing applications, providing a better user experience, which improves the efficiency of their business with less hardware and software.