Summary

Performance and footprint issues can be identified and eliminated or worked around, as early as the requirement and design phases. Special care must be taken to find out the limitations of the chosen target hardware. Also, it is important to establish that the development team and the client are in full agreement regarding the specific requirements of the system and whether the software is developing along the lines of the set performance and footprint targets. Schedule performance and footprint tests as part of the development planning. Evaluate the lifetime of the objects identified during the design and the characteristics expected from the processing of the input data.