SOFT 437

Software Performance Analysis

Winter 2015

News Announcement : 

- The first Quiz is scheduled on Thursday, January 29, 2015 - DUP 215 @ 12:30-1:30PM -- Quiz #1 SOLUTION

- The second Quiz is scheduled on Thursday, Febraury 26, 2015 - DUP 215 @ 12:30-1:30PM -- Quiz #2 SOLUTION

- The third Quiz is scheduled on Thursday, March 19, 2015 - DUP 215 @ 12:30-1:30PM -- Quiz #3 SOLUTION

Instructor

Dr. Khalid Elgazzar


Email: elgazzar@cs.queensu.ca
Office: Goodwin 531
Hompepage: http://cs.queensu.ca/~elgazzar/

Office Hours:  You may drop by my office anytime whenever you need assistance. However, requesting an appointment in advance is recommended.

TA

Kaushal Kumar

Email: 14kk15@queensu.ca
Office: WLH-308

Class Representitive

TPD

Textbook

Performance Solutions: A Practical Guide, by Connie Smith and Lloyd Williams, First Edition, 0-201-72229-1 (textbook)

Table of Content:

Lecture Slots: Course Outline

This course focuses on the basic principles of performance analysis, performance modeling and evaluation for software systems. Students learn why software performance is critical to software development processes. The course covers the principles of software performance engineering (SPE), performance patterns and anti-patterns for performance-oriented design, techniques for eliciting performance objectives, techniques for gathering data needed for evaluation, and guidelines for the evaluation at each stage of software development process.


Tentative Class Schedule


Week Topic Notes and Assignments
Week 1 Introduction, Chapters 1, 2 Introduction, Chapter 2
Week 2  SPE and the UML, Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Week 3  Software Execution Model, Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Week 4  Software Architecture and Styles, Chapter 5 Chapter 5
Week 5 System Execution Models, Chapter 6 Chapter 6
Week 6  Software Contention and Workload Modeling - Capacity Planning  Lecture Notes
Week 7 SPE Data Collection Chapters 7
Week 8 Software Measurements, and Instrumentation Chapters 8 
Week 9  Performance-Oriented Design, Chapter 9 Chapter 9, Ch9-Summary
Week 10  Performance Patterns, Chapter 10 Chapter 10  
Week 11  Performance AntiPatterns, Chapter 11 Chapter 11, Ch11-Summary
Week 12  Course Review

Marking Schema

4 Projects - 4 * 10%

3 Qizzes - 3 * 5%.   Qizzes are scheduled on Thursdays in Weeks 4,  8,and 11.

Final Exam - 45%

* Please notify the course instructor if you cannot attend the scheduled quizzes BEFORE the quizzes, NOT AFTER

Assignments

Important Dates::

First Day of Classes January 5, 2015
First Quiz January 29, 2015
First Project Due Febuary 2, 2015
Reading Week Febuary 16-20, 2015
Second Project Due Febuary 23, 2015
Second Quiz Febuary 26, 2015
Third Project Due March 16, 2015
Third Quiz March 19, 2015
Fourth Project Due March 30, 2015
Last Day of Classes April 2, 2015
Final Exam April 10 at 14:00 - Bews Gym

 

Resources  

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