PPS

What PPS delivers

• Trace-based modeling
  Automatically reconstructs system execution behavior from runtime traces.
• Lifecycle-aware analysis
  Maps performance issues across five software lifecycle stages - from specification to runtime.
• Advanced visualization
  Gantt charts with dependency overlays make critical paths, slack, and root causes easy to spot.
• Proactive & reactive diagnostics
  Identify existing performance issues and simulate “what-if” scenarios to optimize future designs.

Why PPS?

• Accelerate root-cause analysis
  Quickly pinpoint performance bottlenecks and their architectural origins.
• Optimize system productivity
  Use lifecycle models to guide design improvements and reduce costly iterations.
• Industry-proven methodology
  Applied across multiple high-tech systems and architectures, including CORBA.

Application

PPS includes ready-to-use examples tailored to the well-known CORBA architecture. To apply the tool, users model different stages of the software lifecycle - capturing domain-specific concepts and architecture patterns that reflect real-world implementations.

Open Source & Ready to use

Developed by TNO-ESI, PPS is open-sourced and available for download and contribution.

Download PPS
View Source on GitHub

Further information

• PPS conference paper
• Roos, N. (2021, May 3). Clearing the critical software path. Retrieved from https://bits-chips.nl/artikel/clearing-the-critical-software-path/
• Roos, N. (2023, August 22). Taking performance analysis to the system level. Bits and Chips. Retrieved from https://bits-chips.nl/artikel/taking-performance-analysis-to-the-system-level/

Ready to strengthen your system performance strategy?

Discover how PPS can help you visualize software execution, identify bottlenecks, and perform root-cause analysis with precision.