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eValid's Fixed-Price PerformanceTest projects allow firms to increase their ROI on limited testing budgets -- without the need to invest in tools, people and training. You get top-notch state-of-the-art validation of server capacity to help assure end-user satisfaction.

How It Works
Clients select the plan that fits their budget and needs. eValid's performance testing team then conducts remote server load generation to determine your WebSite or web application's scalability and responsiveness, based on predetermined numbers of Browsuer Users (BU's) [full-reality context-preserving browser-based playbacks].

Main Project Steps
Here are the main steps in a typical Performance Testing Program project.

1. Phone Interviews
   Each project begins with Phone Interviews to confirm details of test use-cases that you supply. During the interview (and in followup calls if needed) we confirm our understanding of how your web application works, and collect other information needed to develop the test scripts and scenarios.

2. Script Creation
   The test team creates the functional test scripts from client-supplied use-case descriptions of the scenarios:
   1. Scripts that capture deep transactions like those performed by Browser Users (BU's).
   Once the scripting is complete we let you run these yourself to confirm their accuracy and realism.

3. Load Scenario Definition
   We then combine the scripts into Load Scenarios, top level scripts that specify the proportion of Browser Users (BU's) to apply in the test runs. The aim is to make each Load Scenario as representative as possible of actual use of your WebSite or application. A variety of combinations of scripts is used to make sure that the resulting Test Runs are representative of the loads imposed on your servers by your user community.

4. Test Run
   The Test Run is made in ramped mode at a client-chosen mutually agreed date and time of day. This assures that the data generated can be representative of activity during either busy or slack periods on your server. This kind of ramped-up data generally will quickly reveal the "knee" of the performance curve as your own performance engineers study the server statistics during the test run.

5. Performance Monitoring
   We will monitor and record data about achieved client-side performance and will preserve this data for inclusion in the final report.

6. Conclusions
   Once the Test Run is complete and analyzed, we develop a detailed report that includes all the charts and tables created during the playback processes. The report contains recommendations on estimated server or web application capacity (the knee of the performance curve) based on client-side experience, details any problems encountered, and makes suggestions about how to improve application performance.

Examples of Result Charts
Here are examples of charts and tables that are used to back up results given in the report.

LoadTest Chart	LoadTest Result Table	Performance Chart

Project Deliverables
eValid Performance Testing Program pricing is inclusive of all software products, equipment, and bandwidth needed to develop the tests and conduct the testing. All of the testing are performed remotely; public or remote access to the application or WebSite under test must be available to the test team. Confidentiality agreements will be executed if necessary. The scripts and scenarios are client property and are delivered in a form that can be re-run on client machines.