PREFACE
1 WHY PERFORMANCE TEST?
What Is Performance?The End-User Perspective
Bad Performance:Why Its So Common Summary

2 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF EFFECTIVE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE TESTING
Choosing and Appropriate Performance Test Environment
Setting Realistic and Appropriate Performance Targets
Making Sure Your Application is Stable Enough for Performance Testing
Obtaining a Code Freeze
Identifying and Scripting the Business-Critical Transactions
Providing Sufficient Test Data of High Quality
Ensuring Accurate Performance Test Design
Identifying the Server and Network Key Performance Indicators(KPIs)
Allocating Enough Time to Performance Test Effectively

3 THE PROCESS OF PERFORMANCE TESTING
The Proof of Concept(POC)
From Requirements to Performance Test
Case Study 1:Online Banking
Case Study 2:Call Center
Summary

4 INTERPRETING RESULTS:EFFECTUVE ROOT-CAUSE ANALYSIS
The Analysis Process
Types of Output from a performance Test
Root-Cause Analysis
Analysis Checklist
Summary

5 APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE TESTING
Astbcgribiys Java and XML(AJAX)
Citrix
HTTP Protocol
Java
Oracle
SAP
Service-Orientated Architecture(SOA)
Web 2.0
Oddball Application Technologies:Help,My Load Testing Tool Wont Wont Record it!
A TRANCTION EXAMPLES
B POC AND PERFORMANCE TEST QUICK PEFERENCE
C AUTOMAZ TOOL VENDORS
D SAMPLE KPI MONITORING TEMPLATES
E SAMPLE PROJECT
INDEX