Foundations of Software and System Performance Engineering: Process, Performance Modeling, Requirements, Testing, Scalability, and Practice

Preface

The performance engineering of computer systems and the systems they control concerns the methods, practices, and disciplines that may be used to ensure that the systems provide the performance that is expected of them. Performance engineering is a process that touches every aspect of the software lifecycle, from conception and requirements planning to testing and delivery. Failure to address performance concerns at the beginning of the software lifecycle significantly increases the risk that a software project will fail. Indeed, performance is the single largest risk to the success of any software project. Readers in the United States will recall that poor performance was the first sign that healthcare.gov, the federal web site for obtaining ...