1. Introduction
Identifies the purpose, background, and objectives of the performance testing within this project.
2. System Attributes and Variables
Identifies the attributes and variables of the system that uniquely identify the workload for the system being
modeled.
3. Actor and External Clients Definitions
Identifies classes of external clients whose scenarios will need to be modeled to simulate or emulate loads on the
system-under-test. Additionally, this section identifies the proportion to which any actor comprises the load for a
performance test.
4. Actor Attributes
Identifies the attributes and variables of each actor that uniquely identify the different characteristics of the
external clients of the system. For each actor, identifies information such as human or non-human, data-feed rate,
think time, transaction style, transaction complexity, and behavior patterns characterizing the variability in user
interaction with the system.
5. Actor Work Profile
Identifies the specific scenarios executed by an actor, and the percentage of time or proportion of effort spent by
the actor executing the scenarios to accomplish their total business responsibilities.
6. Work Load Profile
For a given profile, identifies the number of external clients being simulated or emulated during the test,
including the number, type, and distribution of the transactions. A profile may be defined in terms of "peak load",
"average load" and so on.
7. Measurements and Criteria
Identifies the measurement and criteria to be used to evaluate successful achievement of the identified performance
objectives. Measurements typically include response time limits or throughput capacity.
8. Remote Terminal Emulation Requirements
Identifies the requirements and constraints necessary to be addressed in creating a Test Environment Configuration
that is acceptable for implementing and executing the performance testing.
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