State of the Practice Report: Problems in the Practice of Performance Engineering
• SEI Report
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-95-TR-020Topic or Tag
Abstract
As systems have performance requirements, sometimes dominant and explicit, and other times subordinate and implicit. Despite the pervasiveness and importance of performance requirements, performance problems persist. To help us understand why, we sponsored a workshop in performance engineering and conducted some structured interviews with software contractors. This report summarizes our observations.
Cite This SEI Report
Klein, M. (1996, February 1). State of the Practice Report: Problems in the Practice of Performance Engineering. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-95-TR-020). Retrieved April 22, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/state-of-the-practice-report-problems-in-the-practice-of-performance-engineering/.
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Klein, Mark. "State of the Practice Report: Problems in the Practice of Performance Engineering." (CMU/SEI-95-TR-020). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, February 1, 1996. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/state-of-the-practice-report-problems-in-the-practice-of-performance-engineering/.
M. Klein, "State of the Practice Report: Problems in the Practice of Performance Engineering," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-95-TR-020, 1-Feb-1996 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/state-of-the-practice-report-problems-in-the-practice-of-performance-engineering/. [Accessed: 22-Apr-2026].
Klein, Mark. "State of the Practice Report: Problems in the Practice of Performance Engineering." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-95-TR-020). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Feb. 1996. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/state-of-the-practice-report-problems-in-the-practice-of-performance-engineering/. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
Klein, Mark. State of the Practice Report: Problems in the Practice of Performance Engineering. CMU/SEI-95-TR-020. Software Engineering Institute. 1996. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/state-of-the-practice-report-problems-in-the-practice-of-performance-engineering/