Course Summary
The ISTQB Performance Testing (CT-PT) certification provides knowledge of the principal aspects of performance testing, including technical aspects, method-based aspects, and organizational aspects. Specifically pertaining to performance testing, it covers areas such as basic concepts, measurements, activities, tasks, and tools.
• Understand the basic concepts of performance efficiency and performance testing
• Define performance risks, goals, and requirements to meet stakeholder needs and expectations
• Understand performance metrics and how to collect them
• Develop a performance test plan for achieving stated goals and requirements
• Conceptually design, implement, and execute basic performance tests
• Analyze the results of a performance test and state implications to various stakeholders
• Explain the process, rationale, results, and implications of performance testing to various stakeholders
• Understand categories and uses for performance tools and criteria for their selection
• Determine how performance testing activities align with the software lifecycle.
Module 1: Basic Concepts
• Principles of Performance Testing
• Types of Performance Testing
• Testing types in Performance Testing
• Static testing
• Dynamic testing
• The Concept of Load Generation
• Common Performance Efficiency Failure Modes and Their Causes
Module 2: Performance Measurement Fundamentals
• Typical Metrics Collected in Performance Testing
• Why Performance Metrics are Needed
• Collecting Performance Measurements and Metrics
• Selecting Performance Metrics
• Aggregating Results from Performance Testing
• Key Sources of Performance Metrics
• Typical Results of a Performance Test
Module 3: Performance Testing in the Software Lifecycle
• Principal Performance Testing Activities
• Deriving Performance Test Objectives
• The Performance Test Plan
• Communicating about Performance Testing
• Categories of Performance Risks for Different Architectures
• Typical Communication Protocols
• Transactions
• Identifying Operational Profiles
• Creating Load Profiles
• Analyzing Throughput and Concurrency
• Basic Structure of a Performance Test Script
• Implementing Performance Test Scripts
• Preparing for Performance Test Execution
• Performance Risks Across the Software Development Lifecycle
• Performance Testing Activities
• Skills Gained
Module 4: Performance Testing Tasks
• Planning
• Analysis, Design and Implementation
• Execution
• Analyzing Results and Reporting
Module 5: Tools
• Tool Support
• Tool Suitability
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