Project Brief
As an enterprise pension administration system prepared to move into a new virtualized environment, the Retirement Division needed to understand how the application would perform under load before the transition.
Elaine led the development of web and load tests for the new environment while working directly with business users and IT teams to understand requirements, investigate issues and support the broader infrastructure modernization effort.
Project Focus
Performance Testing
Enterprise Software
Requirements Analysis
Modernization Support
North Carolina Department of State Treasurer | State Government

The Challenge
A mission-critical pension administration system was being prepared for a new virtualized environment. Required performance testing needed to be developed and completed within the project’s deadlines.
The Solution
Elaine took the lead in developing web and load tests that could evaluate the application under realistic demand. She also worked across business and technical teams to clarify requests and resolve issues throughout the project.
The Outcome
The organization gained a structured way to evaluate the pension administration system under load before operating it within the new virtualized environment.
Business Impact
Performance testing helped support a significant infrastructure transition while giving stakeholders greater visibility into how the enterprise application would behave under demand.

Technical Approach
Visual Studio • .NET Framework • ASP.NET • C# • VB.NET • Service-Oriented Architecture
