Paper Info
Title
On agile performance requirements specification and testing
Abstract
Underspecified performance requirements can cause performance issues in a software system. However, a complete, upfront analysis of a software system is difficult, and usually not desirable. We propose an evolutionary model for performance requirements specifications and corresponding validation testing. The principles of the model can be integrated into agile development methods. Using this approach, the performance requirements and test cases can be specified incrementally, without big upfront analysis. We also provide a post hoc examination of a development effort at IBM that had a high focus on performance requirements. The examination indicates that our evolutionary model can be used to specify performance requirements such that the level of detail is commensurate with the nature of the project. Additionally, the IBM experience indicates that test driven development-type validation testing corresponding to the model can be used to determine if performance objectives have been met
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/AGILE.2006.41
AGILE
Keywords
Field
DocType
agile conference series,intensive review,agile performance requirement specification,program testing,agile performance requirements specification,international leadership,validation testing,evolutionary model,software performance evaluation,agile software development method,software prototyping,agile development methods,program verification,agile performance requirement testing,formal specification,software system,test driven development,testing,level of detail,web server,system performance,software verification and validation,software systems,agile development,computer science,software performance,software testing
Performance engineering,Systems engineering,Software engineering,Computer science,Requirements analysis,Software performance testing,Requirement,Test case,Software verification and validation,Software requirements specification,Non-functional testing,Reliability engineering
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-2562-8
12
1.25
References 
Authors
8
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chih-Wei Ho1999.62
Michael J. Johnson2407.82
Laurie Williams34033473.64
E. Michael Maximilien4112981.39