Almost all application and business related risks can be addressed through performance testing, including user satisfaction and the application’s ability to achieve business goals. Generally, the risks that performance testing addresses are categorized...
Key types of Performance testing
[Me] : - What are the key types of performance testing we can do on websites? [Guruji]:- The most common performance concerns related to Web applications are “Will it be fast enough?”, “Will it support all of my clients?”, “What happens if something...
Baseline? Benchmark?
[Me] : - What’s the difference between Baseline and Benchmarking with respect to performance testing? [Guruji]:-Creating a baseline is the process of running a set of tests to capture performance metric data for the purpose of evaluating the...
Perf testing terminologies
Capacity The capacity of a system is the total workload it can handle without violating predetermined key performance acceptance criteria. ...
Perf, Load & Stress testing
[Me] : - I think the most confused definition lies in understanding what exactly is performance, load and stress tests. Can you pls help us out? [Guruji]:-Performance tests are usually described as belonging to one of the following three categories:...
Performance testing Activities
Activity 1. Identify the Test Environment. Identify the physical test environment and the production environment as well as the tools and resources available to the test team. The physical environment includes hardware, software, and network configurations....
Increasing Perf test coverage
[Me] : - Guruji, how do we increase Performance test coverage? [Guruji]:- The usefulness of the performance tests is directly related to how closely they emulate request streams that the Web services application will encounter once it...
Security Testing
“Can you perform security testing for us? “,asked a prospective customer. “Sure, we are test specialists. Give us your security requirements, and we will test them! “,was the answer. In reality, the situation is not that simple. In...
Test Process improvement manifesto
[Me] : - Guruji, if I need to improve my testing process, what is the manifesto that I need to stick to? [Guruji]:- Like the Agile manifesto, some guys at EuroSTAR have created one for you. Just use them. Basically in the test process...
