<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>patterns &amp; practices: Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/project/feeds/rss</link><description>patterns &amp;#38; practices&amp;#58; Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Guide.</description><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Oct 16, 2012)</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/6690#ReviewBy-duykhoatr</link><description>Rated 5 Stars &amp;#40;out of 5&amp;#41; - thank you for sharing. this document is very useful for me</description><author>duykhoatr</author><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:00:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Oct 16, 2012) 20121016080045A</guid></item><item><title>Source code checked in, #69709</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/changes/69709</link><description>Upgrade&amp;#58; New Version of LabDefaultTemplate.xaml. To upgrade your build definitions, please visit the following link&amp;#58; http&amp;#58;&amp;#47;&amp;#47;go.microsoft.com&amp;#47;fwlink&amp;#47;&amp;#63;LinkId&amp;#61;254563</description><author>Project Collection Service Accounts</author><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:10:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Source code checked in, #69709 20121001101056P</guid></item><item><title>Source code checked in, #69708</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/changes/69708</link><description>Checked in by server upgrade</description><author>Project Collection Service Accounts</author><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Source code checked in, #69708 20121001100645P</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Jul 02, 2012)</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/6690#ReviewBy-ben_yang77</link><description>Rated 3 Stars &amp;#40;out of 5&amp;#41; - not testing yet. I am learning now.</description><author>ben_yang77</author><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:15:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Jul 02, 2012) 20120702071510A</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Jun 11, 2012)</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/6690#ReviewBy-pritesh_patil</link><description>Rated 5 Stars &amp;#40;out of 5&amp;#41; - nice doc for beginers&amp;#33;&amp;#33;&amp;#33;</description><author>pritesh_patil</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:16:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Jun 11, 2012) 20120611021630P</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Feb 23, 2012)</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/6690#ReviewBy-pdhtx</link><description>Rated 5 Stars &amp;#40;out of 5&amp;#41; - Excellent resource. Thanks for sharing&amp;#33;</description><author>pdhtx</author><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:02:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Feb 23, 2012) 20120223040248P</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Sep 19, 2011)</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/6690#ReviewBy-raissa</link><description>Rated 5 Stars &amp;#40;out of 5&amp;#41; - Thank u sharing. It worth time to read.</description><author>raissa</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:17:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Sep 19, 2011) 20110919091726A</guid></item><item><title>New Post: Tools that can do what the guide suggests</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=45387</link><description>&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think Visual Studio 2008 Team System Test Edition is made based on this guidance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And for today, Visual Studio 2010 is the best tool to apply the guide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>fuady</author><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:58:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">New Post: Tools that can do what the guide suggests 20101220025831P</guid></item><item><title>Source code checked in, #52373</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/changes/52373</link><description>Checked in by server upgrade</description><author>_TFSSERVICE</author><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:08:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Source code checked in, #52373 20100728050820P</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (四月 29, 2010)</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/6690#ReviewBy-yuanwenvin</link><description>Rated 5 Stars &amp;#40;out of 5&amp;#41; -                ok,3q</description><author>yuanwenvin</author><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:41:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (四月 29, 2010) 20100429094145A</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Sep 14, 2009)</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6690#ReviewBy-qatestervn</link><description>Rated 5 Stars &amp;#40;out of 5&amp;#41; - Worthwile spending time to look at this document. Excellent work Guys&amp;#40;experts I say&amp;#41; thank u</description><author>qatestervn</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:17:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Sep 14, 2009) 20090915041734A</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Aug 27, 2009)</title><link>http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6690#ReviewBy-raju_gond</link><description>Rated 4 Stars &amp;#40;out of 5&amp;#41; - This kind of document definitely give a developer new perspective. </description><author>raju_gond</author><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:07:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Aug 27, 2009) 20090827110706A</guid></item><item><title>New Post: Tools that can do what the guide suggests</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=45387</link><description>&lt;div style="line-height: normal;"&gt;I am looking for a tool that the P&amp;amp;P team thinks would let one achieve the suggestions prescribed in the guide. The guide is a very nice piece of work but I think I would like to see some examples to achive these via some standard tools.
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>rupakg</author><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:44:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">New Post: Tools that can do what the guide suggests 20090127034418P</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Dec 28, 2008)</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6690</link><description>Rated 3 Stars (out of 5) - Very repetitive / Verbose.  </description><author>blak3r</author><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:52:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Dec 28, 2008) 20081229065230A</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Nov 16, 2008)</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6690</link><description>Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - ok</description><author>wenxiang</author><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:35:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Nov 16, 2008) 20081117053527A</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Nov 16, 2008)</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6690</link><description>Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - ok</description><author>wenxiang</author><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:35:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Nov 16, 2008) 20081117053522A</guid></item><item><title>Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Nov 12, 2008)</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6690</link><description>Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - ok</description><author>dddd218</author><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:00:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Reviewed: Performance Testing Guidance - Final Release (Nov 12, 2008) 20081113030056A</guid></item><item><title>Updated Wiki: Home</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=19</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
patterns &amp;amp; practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications
&lt;/h2&gt;Welcome to the &lt;b&gt;patterns &amp;amp; practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications&lt;/b&gt;!  This 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.  This guide is related to our &lt;a href="http://www.CodePlex.com/PerfTesting" class="externalLink"&gt;Performance Testing Guidance Project &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. - &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier" class="externalLink"&gt;J.D. Meier&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Carlos Farre, &lt;a href="http://prashantbansode.blogspot.com/" class="externalLink"&gt;Prashant Bansode&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.perftestplus.com/scott_blog.php" class="externalLink"&gt;Scott Barber&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Dennis Rea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=PerfTestingGuide&amp;amp;DownloadId=23765" alt="ptg.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Download the Guide
&lt;/h3&gt;The Final Release is Available!  Start using the guide today, while we continue to make improvements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6690" class="externalLink"&gt;Download the Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Guide &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Parts
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Part 1, Introduction to Performance Testing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part II, Exemplar Performance Testing Approaches&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part III, Identify the Test Environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part IV, Identify Performance Acceptance Criteria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part V, Plan and Design Tests&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part VI, Execute Tests&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part VII, Analyze Results and Report&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part VIII, Performance Testing Techniques&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Forewards
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Foreword%20By%20Alberto%20Savoia&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Foreword By Alberto Savoia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Foreword%20By%20Rico%20Mariani&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Foreword By Rico Mariani&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Chapters
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Introduction&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part 1, Introduction to Performance Testing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%201%20%u2013%20Fundamentals%20of%20Web%20Application%20Performance%20Testing&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 1 – Fundamentals of Web Application Performance Testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%202%20%u2013%20Types%20of%20Performance%20Testing&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 2 – Types of Performance Testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%203%20%u2013%20Risks%20Addressed%20Through%20Performance%20Testing&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 3 – Risks Addressed Through Performance Testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part II, Exemplar Performance Testing Approaches&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%204%20%u2013%20Web%20Application%20Performance%20Testing%20Core%20Activities&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 4 – Web Application Performance Testing Core Activities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%205%20%u2013%20Coordinating%20Performance%20Testing%20with%20an%20Iteration-Based%20Process&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 5 – Coordinating Performance Testing with an Iteration-Based Process&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%206%20%u2013%20Managing%20an%20Agile%20Performance%20Test%20Cycle&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 6 – Managing an Agile Performance Test Cycle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%207%20%u2013%20Managing%20the%20Performance%20Test%20Cycle%20in%20a%20Regulated%20%28CMMI%29%20Environment&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 7 – Managing the Performance Test Cycle in a Regulated (CMMI) Environment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part III, Identify the Test Environment&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%208%20%u2013%20Evaluating%20Systems%20to%20Increase%20Performance-Testing%20Effectiveness&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 8 – Evaluating Systems to Increase Performance-Testing Effectiveness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part IV, Identify Performance Acceptance Criteria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%209%20%u2013%20Determining%20Performance%20Testing%20Objectives&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 9 – Determining Performance Testing Objectives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2010%20%u2013%20Quantifying%20End-User%20Response%20Time%20Goals&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 10 – Quantifying End-User Response Time Goals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2011%20%u2013%20Consolidating%20Various%20Types%20of%20Performance%20Acceptance%20Criteria&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 11 – Consolidating Various Types of Performance Acceptance Criteria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part V, Plan and Design Tests&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2012%20%u2013%20Modeling%20Application%20Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 12 – Modeling Application Usage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2013%20%u2013%20Determining%20Individual%20User%20Data%20and%20Variances&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 13 – Determining Individual User Data and Variances&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part VI, Execute Tests&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2014%20%u2013%20Test%20Execution&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 14 – Test Execution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part VII, Analyze Results and Report&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2015%20%u2013%20Key%20Mathematic%20Principles%20for%20Performance%20Testers&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 15 – Key Mathematic Principles for Performance Testers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2016%20%u2013%20Performance%20Test%20Reporting%20Fundamentals&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 16 – Performance Test Reporting Fundamentals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part VIII, Performance-Testing Techniques&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2017%20%u2013%20Load-Testing%20Web%20Applications&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 17 – Load-Testing Web Applications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2018%20%u2013%20Stress-Testing%20Web%20Applications&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 18 – Stress-Testing Web Applications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Reference
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Glossary&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Glossary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Team
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Core Team: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier" class="externalLink"&gt;J.D. Meier&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Carlos Farre, &lt;a href="http://prashantbansode.blogspot.com/" class="externalLink"&gt;Prashant Bansode&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.perftestplus.com/scott_blog.php" class="externalLink"&gt;Scott Barber&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Dennis Rea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Contributors%20and%20Reviewers&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Contributors and Reviewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>mycodeplexuser</author><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:15:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Wiki: Home 20080828121520A</guid></item><item><title>CREATED ISSUE: Chapter 15, datasets b and c swapped in text references</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=9176</link><description>In chapter 15, references to datasets B and C are swapped in discussions of Medians, Normal Values and other concepts.&lt;br /&gt;</description><author>robbak11</author><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:15:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">CREATED ISSUE: Chapter 15, datasets b and c swapped in text references 20080109071519P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=18</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
patterns &amp;amp; practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications
&lt;/h2&gt;Welcome to the &lt;b&gt;patterns &amp;amp; practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications&lt;/b&gt;!  This 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.  This guide is related to our &lt;a href="http://www.CodePlex.com/PerfTesting" class="externalLink"&gt;Performance Testing Guidance Project &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. - &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier" class="externalLink"&gt;J.D. Meier&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Carlos Farre, &lt;a href="http://prashantbansode.blogspot.com/" class="externalLink"&gt;Prashant Bansode&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.perftestplus.com/scott_blog.php" class="externalLink"&gt;Scott Barber&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Dennis Rea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=PerfTestingGuide&amp;amp;DownloadId=23765" alt="ptg.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Download the Guide
&lt;/h3&gt;The Final Release is Available!  Start using the guide today, while we continue to make improvements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=6690" class="externalLink"&gt;Download the Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Guide &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Parts
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Part 1, Introduction to Performance Testing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part II, Exemplar Performance Testing Approaches&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part III, Identify the Test Environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part IV, Identify Performance Acceptance Criteria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part V, Plan and Design Tests&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part VI, Execute Tests&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part VII, Analyze Results and Report&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Part VIII, Performance Testing Techniques&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Forewards
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Foreword%20By%20Alberto%20Savoia&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Foreword By Alberto Savoia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Foreword%20By%20Rico%20Mariani&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Foreword By Rico Mariani&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Chapters
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Introduction&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part 1, Introduction to Performance Testing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%201%20%u2013%20Fundamentals%20of%20Web%20Application%20Performance%20Testing&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 1 – Fundamentals of Web Application Performance Testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%202%20%u2013%20Types%20of%20Performance%20Testing&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 2 – Types of Performance Testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%203%20%u2013%20Risks%20Addressed%20Through%20Performance%20Testing&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 3 – Risks Addressed Through Performance Testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part II, Exemplar Performance Testing Approaches&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%204%20%u2013%20Web%20Application%20Performance%20Testing%20Core%20Activities&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 4 – Web Application Performance Testing Core Activities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%205%20%u2013%20Coordinating%20Performance%20Testing%20with%20an%20Iteration-Based%20Process&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 5 – Coordinating Performance Testing with an Iteration-Based Process&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%206%20%u2013%20Managing%20an%20Agile%20Performance%20Test%20Cycle&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 6 – Managing an Agile Performance Test Cycle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%207%20%u2013%20Managing%20the%20Performance%20Test%20Cycle%20in%20a%20Regulated%20%28CMMI%29%20Environment&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 7 – Managing the Performance Test Cycle in a Regulated (CMMI) Environment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part III, Identify the Test Environment&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%208%20%u2013%20Evaluating%20Systems%20to%20Increase%20Performance-Testing%20Effectiveness&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 8 – Evaluating Systems to Increase Performance-Testing Effectiveness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part IV, Identify Performance Acceptance Criteria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%209%20%u2013%20Determining%20Performance%20Testing%20Objectives&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 9 – Determining Performance Testing Objectives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2010%20%u2013%20Quantifying%20End-User%20Response%20Time%20Goals&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 10 – Quantifying End-User Response Time Goals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2011%20%u2013%20Consolidating%20Various%20Types%20of%20Performance%20Acceptance%20Criteria&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 11 – Consolidating Various Types of Performance Acceptance Criteria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part V, Plan and Design Tests&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2012%20%u2013%20Modeling%20Application%20Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 12 – Modeling Application Usage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2013%20%u2013%20Determining%20Individual%20User%20Data%20and%20Variances&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 13 – Determining Individual User Data and Variances&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part VI, Execute Tests&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2014%20%u2013%20Test%20Execution&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 14 – Test Execution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part VII, Analyze Results and Report&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2015%20%u2013%20Key%20Mathematic%20Principles%20for%20Performance%20Testers&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 15 – Key Mathematic Principles for Performance Testers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2016%20%u2013%20Performance%20Test%20Reporting%20Fundamentals&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 16 – Performance Test Reporting Fundamentals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part VIII, Performance-Testing Techniques&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2017%20%u2013%20Load-Testing%20Web%20Applications&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 17 – Load-Testing Web Applications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2018%20%u2013%20Stress-Testing%20Web%20Applications&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Chapter 18 – Stress-Testing Web Applications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Reference
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Glossary&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Glossary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Team
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Core Team: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier" class="externalLink"&gt;J.D. Meier&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Carlos Farre, &lt;a href="http://prashantbansode.blogspot.com/" class="externalLink"&gt;Prashant Bansode&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.perftestplus.com/scott_blog.php" class="externalLink"&gt;Scott Barber&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Dennis Rea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PerfTestingGuide/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Contributors%20and%20Reviewers&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Contributors and Reviewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Related Sites
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.CodePlex.com/PerfTesting" class="externalLink"&gt;patterns &amp;amp; practices Performance Testing Guidance &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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