The ‘one performance requirement that really matters’

“[Since Y2K] we seem to have made no progress at all in the areas of determining application performance requirements, goals, and meaningful objectives for the performance testing effort.” With this bold statement, Scott Barber, Chief Technologist of PerfTestPlus, opens a white paper designed to help IT managers, testers, developers and analysts carry out more effective software performance testing.  Using easy-to-follow examples, Barber explains how best to capture business goals, requirements and constraints and translate them into meaningful test scenarios – with the aim of meeting ‘the one performance requirement that really matters – that users are not annoyed or frustrated by poor performance’.

Download the white paper: ‘Application Performance Assurance Requirements’

How much testing is enough?

Application failures can lead to loss of profits, but software that stays too long in testing can also be bad for business. Getting the balance right between ‘too much’ and ‘not enough’ testing is tricky, especially in organisations where software testing is done in a last-minute and ad-hoc manner. This month’s featured factsheet introduces Compuware’s QualityPoint service, where Compuware QA professionals help you to establish a testing strategy based on the business risks inherent in the software being tested. The QualityPoint service helps you plan, execute, measure and analyse software testing for maximum software quality with minimum risk to the business.

Download fact sheet: 'Weighing in on the advantages of risk-based testing'

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