Performance Testing Process

Performance/Load testing Process

For Performance testing you have to follow some process, it doesn't matter what type of the application is but the process is same. The following is Performance/Load Testing Process:
  • Requirement Gathering (By the meeting with the Project Team)
  • Create Test Plan (Must Approve by Project Team)
  • Create Test Script (VUGen)
  • Create Scenario (Controller)
  • Run Load Test (Controller)
  • Analyze Load Test (Analyzer)
  • Report (Summary, LoadRunner & Sitescope/Interscope)
  • Present report to project Team.
If report accepted by the project team then it’s done. If any issue then after fixing run loadtest again.

Load Runner Tutorial

Load Runner

Load Runner is a market leading tool for Load/Performance testing. Which is owned by HP. You can learn LoadRunner here step by step. LoadRunner has 3 part: 
  • Vugen
  • Controller
  • Analyzer

Vugen:

Vugen is used for creating script. Which license is free.  User can create script here by recording & after recording it can be enhanced. 

Controller:

Controller is used for creating scenario of load test & run load test. Controller license have to buy to use it. The license cost depends based on user.

Analyzer:

Analyzer license is free. Analyzer is used for analyze the test result & find out the Bottleneck of issue.