Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications provides an end-to-end approach for implementing performance testing. Whether you are new to performance testing or looking for ways to improve your current performance-testing approach, you will gain insights that you can tailor to your specific scenarios.
The information in this guide is based on applied use in customer scenarios. It reflects the lessons learned from multiple performance-testing professionals. The guidance is task-based and presented in the following parts:
• Part 1, “Introduction to Performance Testing,” gives you an overview of common types of performance testing, key concepts, and a set of common terms used in performance testing.
• Part II, “Exemplar Performance Testing Approaches,” shows you seven core activities for performance testing. This section also contains information designed to show you how to apply performance testing to different environments, including Agile and CMMI® software development.
• Part III, “Identify the Test Environment,” shows you how to collect information about your project that you will need for your performance tests. This includes collecting information on system architecture, the physical deployment, user activities, and any relevant batch processes.
• Part IV, “Identify Performance Acceptance Criteria,” shows you how to determine your performance testing objectives. You will also learn how to achieve clarity around your various performance goals and requirements, from a performance testing perspective.
• Part V, “Plan and Design Tests,” shows you how to model the workload and user experience to design more effective performance tests.
• Part VI, “Execute Tests,” walks you through the main activities of actual performance testing.
• Part VII, “Analyze Results and Report,” shows you how to organize and present your findings in a way that is useful based on the audience and the intent of the report.
• Part VIII, “Performance-Testing Techniques,” shows you the core techniques for performing load and stress testing.
