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In this column, I will talk about a few random topics that I have been examining that might give you a little bit better understanding of what goes on during the performance testing process. Even though I will only be scratching the surface here, this might provide a good primer on some fundamental performance topics for beginners, and a timely review of the basics for everybody else.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0708_col_bernal/...

This last part in the series discusses ongoing support and administration of a portal, including required roles, skills and training, and how to plan for governance of your production system.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0705_be...

New technologies won' make your projects more advanced if you're project management is prone to old fashioned stumbling blocks. Here is some sound advice for making sure your projects -- and your people -- continue to be successful.

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0610_col_ber...

Design your processes and set up your environments for developing, building, and deploying your portal.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0606_be...

The new cooperative portlets feature of WebSphere Portal lets you set up portlet-to-portlet communication with a greater degree of flexibility than possible prior to Version 5.1. You can make two or more portlets communicate with each other regardless of whether they are on the same portal page or different portal pages. Plus, the communication can be dynamic: portlets can send each other messages that are either runtime user inputs or parameter values of a URL link.

Learn portal, portlet, and content management design considerations and best practices. Download a template that you can use to document your design.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0601_be...