In the second of a series of at least 26 white papers on performance testing, Wallace Judd, Ph.D., provides guidance on performing a job-task analysis specifically for a performance test. The paper is titled, “Job-Task Analysis for Performance Testing.”
Judd covers three sources for a job-task analysis: (1) an existing JTA, adapted for use by the certifying body offering a performance test; (2) an analysis built from scratch by a full team of subject-matter experts; and (3) a draft list prepared by a small group of subject-matter experts, validated by a broader survey. Whichever method is used, specific considerations apply to performance tests.
The papers in this series are intended to be a resource for test developers, illustrating best practices in the performance-testing industry. They provide advice on performance testing topics from initial concept to test delivery.
These topics are presented in language that does not assume study in psychometrics.
The mathematics of any topics are expressed in abbreviated terms instead of the Greek alphabet, and all computations are illustrated in Excel examples.
The papers are published by Authentic Testing, leaders in the field of performance testing, in the hope that they will expand access to performance testing to a wider audience of practitioners, inspiring them to explore the possibilities inherent in performance testing.