Performance testing

Formal testing with respect to user needs, requirements, and business processes conducted to determine whether or not a system satisfies the acceptance …

The capability of the software product to provide the right or agreed results or effects with the needed degree of precision.

The behavior produced/observed when a component or system is tested.

A type of interface in which the components or systems involved exchange information in a defined formal structure.

The degree to which users can recognize whether a component or system is appropriate for their needs.

The response of a component or system to a set of input values and preconditions.

A logical expression that can be evaluated as True or False.

The degree to which the maximum limits of a component or system parameter meet requirements.

Testing to evaluate the capacity of a system.

An analysis technique aimed at identifying the root causes of defects. By directing corrective measures at root causes, it is hoped that the likelihood of …

Acronym for Command-Line Interface.

A software product that is developed for the general market, i.e. for a large number of customers, and that is delivered to many customers in identical format.

The degree to which a component or system can exchange information with other components or systems, and/or perform its required functions while sharing the …

The degree to which a component or system has a design and/or internal structure that is difficult to understand, maintain and verify.

The capability of the software product to adhere to standards, conventions or regulations in laws and similar prescriptions.

Testing performed to expose defects in the interfaces and interactions between integrated components.

The simultaneous execution of multiple independent threads by a component or system.

Testing to evaluate if a component or system involving concurrency behaves as specified.

A sequence of consecutive edges in a directed graph.

A dashboard-style representation of the status of corporate performance data.

A content-based model for test process improvement built around twelve critical processes. These include highly visible processes, by which peers and management …

An approach to testing in which testing is distributed to a large group of testers.

A representation of dynamic measurements of operational performance for some organization or activity, using metrics represented via metaphors such as visual …

The sequence of possible changes to the state of data objects.

A security attack that is intended to overload the system with requests such that legitimate requests cannot be serviced.

The process of evaluating behavior, e.g., memory performance, CPU usage, of a system or component during execution.

Testing that involves the execution of the software of a component or system.

A type of testing in which business processes are tested from start to finish under production-like circumstances.

(1) The capability of the software product to provide appropriate performance, relative to the amount of resources used, under stated conditions. (2) The …

The ability, capacity, and skill to identify, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups.

Testing to determine the stability of a system under a significant load over a significant period of time within the system's operational context.

A human action that produces an incorrect result.

A test is deemed to fail if its actual result does not match its expected result.

The physical or functional manifestation of a failure.

The capability of the software product to maintain a specified level of performance in cases of software faults (defects) or of infringement of its specified …

A result of an evaluation that identifies some important issue, problem, or opportunity.

A component or set of components that controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.

The degree to which the functions facilitate the accomplishment of specified tasks and objectives.

A type of interface that allows users to interact with a component or system through graphical icons and visual indicators.

A metric that supports the judgment of process performance.

A test plan that typically addresses one test level.

The activities performed at each stage in software development, and how they relate to one another logically and chronologically.

The process of simulating a defined set of activities at a specified load to be submitted to a component or system.

A tool that generates a load for a system under test.

The control and execution of load generation, and performance monitoring and reporting of the component or system.

Documentation defining a designated number of virtual users who process a defined set of transactions in a specified time period that a component or system …

A type of performance testing conducted to evaluate the behavior of a component or system with increasing load, e.g., numbers of parallel users and/or numbers …

Modification of a software product after delivery to correct defects, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a modified …

The number or category assigned to an attribute of an entity by making a measurement.

The process of assigning a number or category to an entity to describe an attribute of that entity.

A memory access failure due to a defect in a program's dynamic store allocation logic that causes it to fail to release memory after it has finished using it, …

A measurement scale and the method used for measurement.

Multiple heterogeneous, distributed systems that are embedded in networks at multiple levels and in multiple interconnected domains, addressing large-scale …

The intended environment for a component or system to be used in production.

The consequence/outcome of the execution of a test.

A test is deemed to pass if its actual result matches its expected result.

The maximum operating capacity of a component or system.

The degree to which a system or component accomplishes its designated functions within given constraints regarding processing time and throughput rate.

Testing to determine the performance of a software product.

A test tool that generates load for a designated test item and that measures and records its performance during test execution.

The effect on the component or system by the measurement instrument when the component or system is being measured, e.g., by a performance testing tool or …

A framework in which processes of the same nature are classified into an overall model.

The degree to which a component, system or process meets specified requirements and/or user/customer needs and expectations.

Part of quality management focused on providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled.

A set of activities designed to evaluate the quality of a component or system.

A technique for decreasing the load on a system in a measurable and controlled way.

A technique for increasing the load on a system in a measurable and controlled way.

The capability of the software product to re-establish a specified level of performance and recover the data directly affected in case of failure.

The capability of the software product to use appropriate amounts and types of resources, for example the amounts of main and secondary memory used by the …

A factor that could result in future negative consequences.

A source of a defect such that if it is removed, the occurrence of the defect type is decreased or removed.

The degree to which a component or system can be adjusted for changing capacity.

Testing to determine the scalability of the software product.

A type of development lifecycle model in which a complete system is developed in a linear way of several discrete and successive phases with no overlap between …

A technique to enable virtual delivery of services which are deployed, accessed and managed remotely.

A device, computer program or system used during testing, which behaves or operates like a given system when provided with a set of controlled inputs.

A program of activities designed to improve the performance and maturity of the organization's software processes and the results of such a program.

An entity in a programming language, which is typically the smallest indivisible unit of execution.

Testing to determine the ability of a system to recover from sudden bursts of peak loads and return to a steady state.

Formal, possibly mandatory, set of requirements developed and used to prescribe consistent approaches to the way of working or to provide guidelines (e.g., …

A type of performance testing conducted to evaluate a system or component at or beyond the limits of its anticipated or specified workloads, or with reduced …

A skeletal or special-purpose implementation of a software component, used to develop or test a component that calls or is otherwise dependent on it. It …

Testing an integrated system to verify that it meets specified requirements.

The amount of data passing through a component or system in a given time period.

A set of one or more test cases.

An environment containing hardware, instrumentation, simulators, software tools, and other support elements needed to conduct a test.

During the test closure phase of a test process data is collected from completed activities to consolidate experience, testware, facts and numbers. The test …

The activity that makes test assets available for later use, leaves test environments in a satisfactory condition and communicates the results of testing to …

An instance of the test process against a single identifiable version of the test object.

The process of running a test on the component or system under test, producing actual result(s).

A test tool that executes tests against a designated test item and evaluates the outcomes against expected results and postconditions.

A test environment comprised of stubs and drivers needed to execute a test.

A chronological record of relevant details about the execution of tests.

The component or system to be tested.

A reason or purpose for designing and executing a test.

The activity of establishing or updating a test plan.

A sequence of test cases in execution order, and any associated actions that may be required to set up the initial preconditions and any wrap up activities post …

A program of activities undertaken to improve the performance and maturity of the organization's test processes.

The execution of a test suite on a specific version of the test object.

A software product that supports one or more test activities, such as planning and control, specification, building initial files and data, test execution and …

A skilled professional who is involved in the testing of a component or system.

The amount of time required by a user to determine and execute the next action in a sequence of actions.

All components of a system that provide information and controls for the user to accomplish specific tasks with the system.

A high-level user or business requirement commonly used in Agile software development, typically consisting of one sentence in the everyday or business language …

A view of quality, wherein quality is the capacity to satisfy needs, wants and desires of the user(s). A product or service that does not fulfill user needs is …

A view of quality wherein quality is defined by price. A quality product or service is one that provides desired performance at an acceptable cost. Quality is …

Confirmation by examination and through provision of objective evidence that specified requirements have been fulfilled.

A simulation of activities performed according to a user operational profile.