This methodology pack brings quantitative, scientific approaches to various areas of performance testing of IT applications, with special emphasis on Web applications. It includes techniques for designing the appropriate test workload and extrapolating test results to a production environment. It also provides scientific answers for common questions practitioners ask but rarely get an answer to, such as "how long should an endurance test be run?"

Toolkit

Test Workload Planner

Test Validator

Scalability Analyzer

Sample pages from this pack may be viewed below. Pages available: ToC, 1-3, 8, 11 and 17.