patterns & practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Guide

The Microsoft Patterns & Practices team released the beta 1 PDF version of the patterns & practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Guide.

According to the site the guide shows you 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 find insights that you can tailor for your specific scenarios.

Below is a list of the contents they have in the introduction of the Guide:

Part 1, "Introduction to Performance Testing," gives you a quick overview of the types of performance testing, key concepts, and a set of common terms used in performance testing.

Part II, "Exemplar Performance Testing Approaches," shows you the core activities for performance testing. This section also shows you how to apply performance testing to different environments, including Agile and CMMI.

Part III, "Identify the Test Environment," shows you how to collect information about the project that you'll 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 figure out your performance testing objectives. You’ll also learn how to get clarity around your various performance 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’s useful.

Part VIII, "Performance Testing Techniques," shows you the core techniques for performing load and stress testing.

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