Job Scripts are a more efficient and more powerfull way of running job on an HPC system.

• Use the command-line interface.
• Write robust job scripts, e.g. to simplify job submissions by the help of automated job chaining.
• Select the appropriate software environment.
• Use a workload manager to allocate HPC resources for running a parallel program interactively.
• Recognize cost aspects.
• Measure system performance as a basis for benchmarking a parallel program.
• Benchmark a parallel program.
• Tune a parallel program from the outside via runtime options.
• Apply the workflow for tuning.