Performance: Still the Cinderella of the Testing World?

Over the last decade or so the importance of software testing has grown enormously. This has been reflected in the massive Investment in people, training, methodologies and tools. Such investment is now seen as critical by many organizations in today’s highly competitive world.

While it has never been more important to ensure that the end user experience is a positive one, there is one key area that is still often neglected: performance testing. This is particularly surprising given the greater risk and prominence of failure. For example, an ever increasing number of E-commerce and self-service applications are being deployed on the Internet based on new technologies such as virtualization and Cloud Computing.

Despite the above, software is still developed against vague or even absent performance requirements. Where requirements do exist, little or no time has been allocated in the project plan for testing them. A similar story applies to the budget set aside for the people and tools and test environments required.

This document highlights some key areas where organizations can improve their performance testing practices and thereby reduce the risk of a negative end user experience.

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