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Performance is a Competitive Advantage

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Performance IntelligenceA Competitive Advantage

Aaron Rudger, Keynote@arudger

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The Numbers

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Web pages need to load within 3 seconds*

Mobile Apps need to be launched in 2 seconds**

Really?

*https://blog.kissmetrics.com/loading-time/**http://www.agilerecord.com/customer-is-mobile/

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Speed

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Speed

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When is fast, fast enough?

Milliseconds*

*http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/technology/impatient-web-users-flee-slow-loading-sites.html

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Speed

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“Two hundred fifty milliseconds, either slower or faster, is close to the magic number now for competitive advantage on the Web” -- Harry Shum, a computer scientist and speed specialist at Microsoft

“People will visit a Web site less often if it is slower than a close competitor by more than 250 milliseconds” -- Arvind Jain, a Google engineer who is the company’s resident speed maestro

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Compare Performance to Competitors

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Constantly Improving

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Daily/Weekly

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Constantly Improving

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Mobile apps on average get updated every 30 days*

Agile websites sites are getting updated daily or weekly

*https://blog.sensortower.com/blog/2014/04/15/25-top-ios-apps-and-their-version-update-frequencies/

Do you compare against your competitors today?

If so how often?

Once a quarter?

Twice a year?

Benchmarking should happen weekly or monthly

Competitors never standstill

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What makes for a good comparison?

"Platypus-sketch" by John Gould - Richter, H. C. on Wikipedia

“Grimes Golden crop from brown brothers catalog” on Wikipedia

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Getting to apples to apples Industry

Market

Functionality

Design / Page Construction

11© 2015 Keynote LLCApples - Stand out by Flazingo Photos, on Flickr

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Different by design

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Compare the Component Breakdowns

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Third Party Services

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Content Performance*

*http://apmblog.dynatrace.com/2011/11/08/you-only-control-one-thrid-of-your-page-load-performance/

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Third Party Services

More than 30% of site content comes from third party services*

2/3rds of page load time comes from third party services**

25% of respondents say third party services is a major contributor to performance issues***

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*http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/**http://apmblog.dynatrace.com/2011/11/08/you-only-control-one-thrid-of-your-page-load-performance/

***Research by Forrester commissioned by Keynote

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Do you have 3rd party services on your sites/apps?

Of course you do

Do you have SLAs?

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… Be honest

Third Party Services

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Do you have 3rd party services on your sites/apps?

Of course you do

Do you have SLAs?

How do you measure them?

What happens if a 3rd party is causing a performance issue?

Do you have alternatives to different 3rd party services?

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… Be honest

Third Party Services

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Third Party Service Benchmarking

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Summary

Setting performance targets should not be arbitrary, but based on appropriate comparisons and might differ in different global regions

Learning the architecture of competitors’ sites/apps can help improve your sites/apps

Understanding third party services and finding alternatives can help improve performance and provide a competitive advantage

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Questions??