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Performance engineering as a service
What is Performance engineering?
A set of methods and practices, including consulting, design, development, testing, and monitoring, aimed at ensuring that the software product meets the specified non-functional requirements of the business.
Main stages of PE:
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Performance consulting
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Performance test design
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Performance test development (SDET)
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Performance testing (load testing)
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Performance monitoring
How does Performance engineering relate to other IT practices and methods?
SRE
Development
Automation QA
Monitoring
Performance engineering
Testing / QA
Test
development
DevOps
CI/CD
integration
Units
SRE
DevOps
AQA
Developers
Perf Engineering relations
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System performance monitoring under load
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Integration of performance (load) testing in CI/CD
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QA testing iteration
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Development of scripts, mock-services, emulators and etc
Performance engineering as a service
Performance consulting
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Performance сonsulting includes consulting services on ensuring and optimizing system performance, from requirements definition to developing improvement recommendations.
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Providing the client with complete information about the work process, stages, and expected results
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Defining goals and non-functional requirements for the system or application
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Analyzing existing load testing processes and identifying areas for improvement
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Presenting the results of analysis and testing, discussing findings and recommendations
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Defining and formulating tasks based on requirements and recommendations for further system improvement
Performance (load) testing iteration
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Conducting load testing to assess system performance under various operating conditions, determine system performance limits, and identify bottlenecks.
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Conducting load testing iteration
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Collecting and analyzing the results of load testing iteration
Main stages of performance engineering
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Performance test design
Performance test design involves the structured creation and planning of tests to evaluate the performance characteristics of a system or application.
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Defining the testing objectives (based on non-functional requirements)
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Forming performance testing methodology
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Forming load testing profile (scenarios and requests with specified intensity levels over a given period of time)
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Performance test development (SDET)
Performance testing development (Software development in test) includes the development of specific tools and services for test environment and further testing iteration.
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Development of mock services
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Development of load testing scripts
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Development of test data preparation scripts
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Development of emulators
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Development of CI/CD pipeline
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Performance monitoring
Performance Monitoring is the process of systematically collecting and transforming system performance data to assess its state. Monitoring results are used for further analysis of test results.
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Implementing and configuring monitoring tools to track key system performance metrics
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Configuring data collection and logging for further analysis
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Performing detailed system profiling as needed to identify the causes of production issues
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Collecting performance (load) testing iteration results for further analysis