QSEM: Quantitative Scalability Evaluation Method.
Lloyd G. Williams, Connie U. Smith · Int. CMG Conference · 2005
While scalability is important to today's software applications, few organizations understand how to quantitatively evaluate their software's scalability. This paper describes the Quantitative Scalability Evaluation Method, QSEM. QSEM uses straightforward measurements to quantify the scalability of a software application. The results provide an understanding of the application's scalability that makes it possible to extrapolate behavior to larger configurations with confidence. The seven steps of the QSEM method are described and illustrated with a case study.