Challenge Overview
Welcome to the Vitruvius Website Stress Testing Idea Generation Challenge. As part of this challenge, we are looking for suggestions / ideas to stress test our client’s web application.
Project Overview
Our client helps individuals, teams and organizations to accelerate innovation. They have a web application that serves as a platform for individuals to grow in their personal development, for teams to build their collective capabilities and for organizations to drive large scale cultural change.
This project centers around the client’s web based application where we intend to enhance its design and architecture.
Challenge Overview
This is an Idea Generation Challenge.
As part of this challenge, participants will be provided information about the web application’s current hardware and software. Participants will then need to suggest ideas to stress test the web application with an intention to:
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Clearly identify which aspect of the application breaks under load
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Identify bottlenecks that hamper the site’s usability
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Highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the application.
You will also need to propose how to go about fixing the application’s weaknesses after the results of stress testing are in.
Challenge Details
More details follow in the document provided in the challenge forums which are visible only after registration.
Final Submission Guidelines
No code submission required for this contest. You are expected to submit a Word document with a detailed description of your ideas and how they meet the requirements of this challenge. You are encouraged to use diagrams in your submissions. You can also propose using any existing software tools that are suited for this challenge. You need to justify why the tool can be used here and the advantages that it brings.