Performance Testing Foundations
We designed this program for professionals who want to understand how systems behave under pressure. You won't just learn tools—you'll develop the mindset to spot bottlenecks before they become disasters.
Most testing courses throw frameworks at you. We start with fundamentals. Why does a server crash at 500 users but not 400? What metrics actually matter when your manager asks if the system can handle launch day?
Twelve weeks. Real scenarios. Methods that work whether you're testing a startup's API or an enterprise platform.
Discuss Your Goals
What You'll Actually Learn
Three modules that build on each other. Each one gives you skills you can use immediately, even if you don't finish the whole program.
Testing Fundamentals
Start with how web requests actually work. Learn to read system metrics without getting lost in numbers. Build your first load test that produces meaningful data.
We cover common mistakes people make when they start—like testing against cached data or misunderstanding response time percentiles.
4 weeks • Foundation level
Real-World Scenarios
Work through cases based on actual production incidents. Database queries that slow down over time. Memory leaks that only appear after hours of traffic. APIs that fail silently.
You'll practice troubleshooting under realistic constraints—limited access, unclear requirements, tight deadlines.
5 weeks • Applied practice
Professional Reporting
Learn to communicate findings to people who don't care about your methodology. Write reports that lead to action instead of confusion.
We'll show you how to present data that helps teams make decisions—not just dumps of charts and statistics.
3 weeks • Communication focus
Next Cohort
Starts October 2025
Applications close September 15
Format
Tuesday & Thursday evenings
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Taiwan time
Time Commitment
5 hours weekly sessions
Plus 3-5 hours practice work
Who Teaches This
Two practitioners who've spent years finding performance issues in production systems. They've both made the mistakes they'll help you avoid.
Petra Svensson
Lead Performance Engineer
Petra runs performance testing for financial platforms. She's good at explaining complex system behavior in ways that make sense to developers and managers.
Before this, she worked on gaming infrastructure—systems where lag directly impacts revenue. That experience taught her which metrics matter and which ones just look impressive in dashboards.
Linnea Bergström
QA Systems Specialist
Linnea focuses on e-commerce systems that handle traffic spikes. Black Friday, flash sales, product launches—the scenarios where everything breaks at once.
She spent five years at a logistics company where performance wasn't just about speed—it affected warehouse operations and delivery schedules. Real consequences, not theoretical problems.
After Completing This Program
- Design load tests that reflect actual user behavior patterns
- Identify performance bottlenecks through systematic analysis
- Interpret monitoring data to predict system behavior
- Communicate technical findings to non-technical stakeholders
- Build testing strategies appropriate for different project scales
- Recognize when performance issues indicate deeper architectural problems
- Document test results that teams can act on immediately