Geração de Testes de Desempenho e Estresse a partir de Testes Funcionais

Despite the fact that the software testing is related to quality assurance, in order to save time and resources, it is not performed in part of software projects. In the organizations where testing is performed it can be seen that functional testing is getting more common and that the stress and 1 UFPI/DIE, Teresina-PI, {ismayle,pasn}@ufpi.edu.br 2 UFMG/DCC, Belo Horizonte-MG, [email protected] Geração de Testes de Desempenho e Estresse a partir de Testes Funcionais RITA • Volume 17 • Número 2 • 2010 175 performance tests are scarcely performed despite the increment of web-based systems where the latter are considered essential. In this article it is proposed a method and its supporting tool for stress and performance test generation of web based systems, in order to facilitate the execution of non-functional testing. The stress and performance test generation takes advantage of functional tests. Experimental studies are also presented showing that the method and the tool can generate overall effort reduction for these tests