Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications
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The guide is divided into eight parts:
    * Part 1, Introduction to Performance Testing
    * Part II, Exemplar Performance Testing Approaches
    * Part III, Identify the Test Environment
    * Part IV, Identify Performance Acceptance Criteria
    * Part V, Plan and Design Tests
    * Part VI, Execute Tests
    * Part VII, Analyze Results and Report
    * Part VIII, Performance-Testing Techniques
Part 1, Introduction to Performance Testing
    * Chapter 1 – Fundamentals of Web Application Performance Testing
    * Chapter 2 – Types of Performance Testing
    * Chapter 3 – Risks Addressed Through Performance Testing
Part II, Exemplar Performance Testing Approaches
    * Chapter 4 – Web Application Performance Testing Core Activities
    * Chapter 5 – Coordinating Performance Testing with an Iteration-Based Process
    * Chapter 6 – Managing an Agile Performance Test Cycle
    * Chapter 7 – Managing the Performance Test Cycle in a Regulated (CMMI) Environment
Part III, Identify the Test Environment
    * Chapter 8 – Evaluating Systems to Increase Performance-Testing Effectiveness
Part IV, Identify Performance Acceptance Criteria
    * Chapter 9 – Determining Performance Testing Objectives
    * Chapter 10 – Quantifying End-User Response Time Goals
    * Chapter 11 – Consolidating Various Types of Performance Acceptance Criteria
Part V, Plan and Design Tests
    * Chapter 12 – Modeling Application Usage
    * Chapter 13 – Determining Individual User Data and Variances
Part VI, Execute Tests
    * Chapter 14 – Test Execution
Part VII, Analyze Results and Report
    * Chapter 15 – Key Mathematics Principles for Performance Testers
    * Chapter 16 – Performance Test Reporting Fundamentals
Part VIII, Performance-Testing Techniques
    * Chapter 17 – Load-Testing Web Applications
    * Chapter 18 – Stress-Testing Web Applications