ISTQB CT-PT

Description

Performance Testers or Performance Test Engineers conduct systemperformance testing to ensure system reliability, capacity and scalability. They also play a important role when suggesting new tools and techniques to improve testing efficiency. They play an integral role in project planning, scheduling, budgeting and tracking activities.

ISTQB® Performance Tester certification complements the core foundation level as a specialist module. It provides an theoretical background for testers working to support the quality and performan of software.

Chapter 1: Basic Concepts of Performance Testing

• Principles and Concepts
• Types of Performance Testing
• Testing Types in Performance Testing
• The Concept of Load Generation
• Common Failures in Performance Testing and Their Causes

Chapter 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

Chapter 3: Performance Testing in the Software Lifecycle

• Principal Performance Testing Activities
• Performance Risks for Different Architectures
• Performance Risks Across the Software Development Lifecycle
• Performance Testing Activities

Chapter 4: Performance Testing Tasks

• Planning
  • Deriving Performance Test Objectives
  • The Performance Test Plan
  • Communicating about Performance Testing
• Analysis, Design and Implementation
  • 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
• Execution
• Analyzing Results and Reporting

Chapter 5: Tools

• Tool Support
• Tool Suitability