Is APDEX scoring a useful metric for performance these days? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Air Date: 08\/30\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Guest: James Pulley <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jameslpulley3\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jameslpulley3\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/smcjournalcoffee\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/smcjournalcoffee<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Show Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott interviews James Pulley (Chief Performance Officer at QA Consultants) about the Application Performance Index (APDEX) metric. Is it a useful metric for today’s applications? Is there something better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast is sponsored by Micro Focus and LoadRunner solutions. Performance matters. Did you know that LoadRunner solutions have the largest community of practitioners? 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