Performance testing involves examining the responsiveness, speed and stability of an application, and ensures that a computer, device, network, or software application performs as expected while under specific workload conditions. A strong performance testing strategy includes tests that evaluate the reliability, processing speed, data transfer rate, throughput, network-bandwidth, and affordable load limit through various performance testing activities like load testing, stress testing, scalability testing, and many more.
Load Testing
Test the application’s ability to handle certain amounts of dataScalability Testing
Test software’s ability to scale up or scale down according to its non-functional capabilitySoak Testing
Test a system’s performance with the typical production load for a prolonged period to validate functionalityResilience Testing
Evaluate the application’s performance under stress or chaotic conditionsEndurance Testing
Test the application’s capability to endure huge data loads for prolonged periodsStress Testing
Check software for robustness by testing it beyond the limits of normal operationConfiguration Testing
Ensure that the system is supporting all hardware and software configurationsCapacity testing
Check application’s ability to handle traffic without compromising UXVolume Testing
Check system performance under increased data volumes in the databaseSpike Testing
Test the software’s capability to handle sudden fluctuations (increase or decrease) in trafficOur team of performance testing experts ensures that each of our clients selects the performance testing tools, application monitoring tools and tech stack that complement their software development lifecycle, team structure and testing needs. Our QA engineers are tool agnostic and have the expertise to use whichever tools are best for the overall project. A few common tools our team uses for performance testing are:
One of our clients offers enterprise legal matter management solutions and was experiencing business requirements shifting regularly according to their customers’ demands, requiring our client to adopt an agile workflow and an entirely new way of thinking about testing and collaboration across development and QA.
Our team of testing experts took a three pronged approach to make sure that our client’s application performs as expected. The approach included strategy planning so we could adapt to their agile process and create a comprehensive performance testing plan. We then identified and prioritized all of the business-critical workflows to ensure thorough testing took place and developed scripts for testing their prioritized scenarios. These scripts were then integrated with our CI tool for automatic test execution and report generation.
In the end, our client experienced significant cost savings across several areas, including hardware and testing tool expenses, human resources and change management by identifying performance defects and architectural issues early on by offering greater visibility into overall and specific scenario performance.
QASource follows a comprehensive approach for performance testing services, which includes analyzing requirements, identifying metrics, creating a test plan, designing scenarios, selecting tools, executing tests, analyzing results, and providing recommendations. The approach involves load testing, stress testing, and scalability testing to ensure the application performs well under varying conditions.
Performance testing services address the following pain points:
Performance testing services can provide clients with various outcomes, such as:
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