ISTQB Performance Testing - February Antwerp

Course Details

The Performance Testing certification is aimed at anyone involved in software testing who wishes to broaden their knowledge of performance testing or anyone who wishes to start a specialist career in performance testing.

The qualification is also aimed at anyone involved in performance engineering who wishes to gain a better understanding of performance testing.

To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.

Modules

Audience

The qualification is also aimed at anyone involved in performance engineering who wishes to gain a better understanding of performance testing.

The ISTQB® Certified Tester Performance Testing certificate is valid for life and does not require renewal.

Skills Gained

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

Day 1

Basic Concepts

Principles of performance testing

Types of performance testing

Testing types in performance testing

The concept of load generation

Common performance efficiency failure modes and their causes

Performance Measurement Fundamentals

Typical metrics collected in performance testing

Aggregating results from performance testing

Key sources of performance metrics

Typical results of a performance test

Performance Testing in the Software Lifecycle

Principal performance

Categories of performance risks for different architectures

Day 2

Performance Testing in the Software Lifecycle

Performance risks accross the software development lifecycle

Performance testing

Performance Testing Tasks

Planning

Analyse, design and implementation

Execution

Analying results and reporting

Tools

Tool support

Tool Suitability

Exam Preparation

Exam preparation

Exam

The Specialist Performance Testing exam comprises 40 multiple choice questions, with a pass mark grade of 65% to be completed within 90 minutes.

Participants that take the exam not in their spoken language, will receive additional 25% more time (an additional 22 minutes), for a total of 112 minutes.

Prerequisites

To be able to recieve the certification after a successful exam, ISTQB® mandates that you are a holder of the ISTQB® Foundation certificate.

The training can be followed without prerequisites. However, we believe a few years experience in testing is necessary to understand all concepts in the training.

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