1. Basic Concepts

1.1 Principles of Performance Testing

1.2 Types of Performance Testing

1.3 Testing Types in Performance Testing

1.3.1 Static testing

1.3.2 Dynamic testing

1.4 The Concept of Load Generation

1.5 Common Performance Efficiency Failure Modes and Their Causes

2. Performance Measurement Fundamentals

2.1 Typical Metrics Collected in Performance Testing

2.1.1 Why Performance Metrics are Needed

2.1.2 Collecting Performance Measurements and Metrics

2.1.3 Selecting Performance Metrics

2.2 Aggregating Results from Performance Testing

2.3 Key Sources of Performance Metrics

2.4 Typical Results of a Performance Test

3. Performance Testing in the Software Lifecycle

3.1 Principal Performance Testing Activities

3.2 Categories of Performance Risks for Different Architectures

3.3 Performance Risks Across the Software Development Lifecycle

3.4 Performance Testing Activities

4. Performance Testing Tasks

4.1 Planning

4.1.1 Deriving Performance Test Objectives

4.1.2 The Performance Test Plan

4.1.3 Communicating about Performance Testing

4.2 Analysis, Design and Implementation

4.2.1 Typical Communication Protocols

4.2.2 Transactions

4.2.3 Identifying Operational Profiles

4.2.4 Creating Load Profiles

4.2.5 Analyzing Throughput and Concurrency

4.2.6 Basic Structure of a Performance Test Script

4.2.7 Implementing Performance Test Scripts

4.2.8 Preparing for Performance Test Execution

4.3 Execution

4.4 Analyzing Results and Reporting

5. Tools

5.1 Tool Support

5.2 Tool Suitability