An Introductory Guide to Web Performance Testing
Marie Cruz wrote a detailed guide on web performance testing, including examples of metrics to measure and helpful tools to use.
What is my SLO and how do I test It?
Service Level Objectives are important metrics of service performance. Sarah Zipkin wrote a great, detailed guide to measuring them using k6.
Test Automation Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Gaurav Verma explains the importance of KPIs, suggests which ones to use for test automation, and shows an example of a test automation coverage metric.
The biggest-ever global outage: lessons for software engineers
In the previous issues, I've shared testers' opinions on the CrowdStrike outage. And today, I'd also like to highlight this amazing overview by Gergely Orosz.
Moreover, Geoff Cooney shares A Quality Metrics View of the CrowdStrike Outage based on mabl's data.
And finally, CrowdStrike has just released The Final Root Cause Analysis, explaining all the technical details.
What are the good KPI for QA Engineers in Agile Software Development?
Looking for quality metrics and KPIs? Someone asked about it on Reddit and people responded with a lot of examples. Interestingly, most of them around what not to measure.
Additionally, Robert Cui wrote about Value-Driven Software Performance Testing and suggests some metrics, too.
"Bug counts are a measurement of nothing else than how many bugs your team are reporting; code coverage only tells you how much of your code is completely untested or unreachable; and test pass rates…are mostly useless."
I enjoyed Alan Page's take on the common problems with metrics and his advice on how to approach it right. A recommended read for your testing team.
Architecture testing for performance — how to guarantee a highly efficient system?
Bartosz Łuczak and Joanna Zembaczyńska explain in much detail the best practices for testing for performance, based on the project they've implemented.
Additionally, Cedric Damian shared a solid overview of the Metrics in Performance testing.
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