Activity 1. Understand the Process and Compliance Criteria. This activity involves building an understanding of the process and the compliance requirements.
Activity 2. Understand the System and the Project Plan. Establish a fairly detailed understanding of the system you are to test and the project specifics for the development of that system.
Activity 3. Identify Performance Acceptance Criteria. This activity includes identify the performance goals and requirements. This also includes identifying the performance testing objectives.
Activity 4. Plan Performance-Testing Activities. This activity includes mapping work items to the project plan, determining durations, prioritizing the work, and adding detail to the plan.
Activity 5. Design Tests. This activity involves identifying key usage scenarios, determining appropriate user variances, identifying and generating test data, and specifying the metrics to be collected.
Activity 6. Configure the Test Environment. This activity involves setting up your actual test environment.
Activity 7. Implement the Test Design. This activity involves creating your tests.
Activity 8. Execute Work Items. This activity involves executing your performance test work items.
Activity 9. Report Results and Archive Data. This activity involves consolidating results and sharing data among the team.
Activity 10. Modify the Plan and Gain Approval for Modifications. This activity involves reviewing and adjusting the plan as needed.
Activity 11. Return to Activity 5. This activity involves continuous testing through the next delivery, iteration, and checkpoint release.
Activity 12. Prepare the Final Report. This activity involves the creation, submission, and acceptance of the final report.