Performance Testing Strategy Template

1.  INTRODUCTION

    1.1  Description

    1.2  Purpose

    1.3  Scope

    1.4  Related Documents

2.  PERFORMANCE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

    2.1  Introduction

    2.2  Performance Requirements

    2.3  Performance Goals

    2.4  Project Completion Criteria

3.  RISKS

    3.1  Introduction

    3.2  Risk 1

    3.3  Risk 2

4.  ASSUMPTIONS

    4.1  Introduction

    4.2  Assumption 1

    4.3  Assumption 2

5. WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTION

    5.1  Introduction

    5.2  Workload Distribution for application

6. SCRIPT DESCRIPTIONS

    6.1  Introduction

    6.2  Script1 Overview

        6.2.1  Script Mesurements

        6.2.2  Script Think Times

        6.2.3  Script Data Parameterization

        6.2.4  User Profiles

   6.3  Script2 Overview

7. TEST EXECUTION PLAN

    7.1 Introduction

    7.2 Evaluate System

        7.2.1 System Architecture (Test)

            7.2.1.1  System Under Test

            7.2.1.2  Test Input Injection System

            7.2.1.3  Test Tools

            7.2.1.4  Test Data

            7.2.1.5  KPI Metrics

        7.2.2  System Architecture (Production)

    7.3 Test Assets

        7.3.1  Detail Test Schedule

        7.3.2  People Resources

    7.4 Execute Tests

        7.4.1  Single User

        7.4.2  Contention

        7.4.3  Ligth Load

        7.4.4  Load

        7.4.5  Stress

        7.4.6  Resilence

        7.4.7  Failure

        7.4.8  Recovery

        7.4.9  Spike

        7.4.10  Reliability

        7.4.11  Soak / Endurance

        7.4.11  Volume

    7.5 Analyze Results

        7.5.1 Evaluate Results

        7.5.2 Acceptance Criteria Met?

        7.5.3 Conclusive?

        7.5.4 Tune Now?

    7.6 Report Generation

    7.7 Project Closeout