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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 18, Issue 1

Pages 120 - 123

https://doi.org/10.1145/953055.5645

Published: 01 February 1986 Publication History

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The maturation of Computer System Performance Courses is briefly described giving excerpts from the two major ACM curriculum documents and providing a list of possible texts for such a course. It is then proposed that a course in performance evaluation contain a component on the role of performance work in the product life cycle. A prototype model for this is described in detail. The description includes the need for such work, who accomplishes it, what sort of interactions are necessary and appropriate, and what steps comprise integrating performance work into a product life cycle.

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Reviewer: Thomas C. Richards

The author proposes that performance evaluation is an ongoing process and plays an important role in the product and design development life cycle. The paper describes in detail a model for placing appropriate emphasis on performance issues throughout the product life cycle since systems analysts need to consider performance issues during the systems design and development process. The roles of each major player required in this systems development process are then described, and related performance issues are discussed. The major steps in performance monitoring and prediction are spelled out in detail. The author does not discuss the issues related to how an instructor would incorporate these performance concepts into a course on performance evaluation.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 18, Issue 1

Proceedings of the 17th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education

February 1986

304 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/953055

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SIGCSE '86: Proceedings of the seventeenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1986
336 pages
ISBN:0897911784
DOI:10.1145/5600
Editors:
Joyce Currie Little
Towson State Univ., Baltimore, MD
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Lillian N. Cassel
Univ. of Delaware, Newark

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