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Performance Testing in Agile Page 1
Overview of Performance Testing for Agile/Lean teams
Chief Technologist, PerfTestPlus, [email protected]
by: Scott Barber
Co-Author:Author: Contributing Author:
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Have you ever wondered…
teams have no idea where performance “fits” in an Agile
development lifecycle?
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Because performance
“fit” in an Agile development lifecycle…
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Performance is (or should be)
in an Agile development lifecycle!
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Overview
Performance Testing is inherently Agile, but...
Integrating Performance Testing into Agile Efforts effectively
is not inherently easy!
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Agility in Performance TestingPerformance Testingis a repeatingcycle of:
Complicated by unknowns, estimations, &
approximations
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Agility in Software DevelopmentAgile is a repeating cycle of:
Gated by inexact and
variable notions of acceptance
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Agile Perf Testing in Agile DevPutting them togetheris…
…a tad complicated
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Keys to Success
Involve management in evolving performance cultureGet performance into user stories
• Response times• Resource allocations
Involve developers• Code profiling• Integrate performance measurement into unit tests
Make performance part of story acceptance• Quantitative• Qualitative
Involve performance testers• Throughout the cycle• Gain respect as advisors as well as testers
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Questions
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Valuable Resources
Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications• Microsoft patterns&practices 2009• *especially* Chapters 1-7• Free from http://perftestingguide.codeplex.com/
How to Reduce the Cost of Testing• CRC Press, 2011• Chapter 16 (free from PerfTestPlus.com)• Order book on Amazon
Other Articles and Websites• An Explanation of Performance Testing on an Agile Team
(part 1, part 2) • Performance testing in the Agile enterprise• Software performance testing: There is no 'I' in 'team'
