Almost all application and business related risks can be addressed through performance testing, including user satisfaction and the application’s ability to achieve business goals. Generally, the risks that performance testing addresses are categorized in terms of speed, scalability, and stability. Speed is typically an end-user concern, scalability is a business concern, and stability is a technical or maintenance concern. Identifying project-related risks and the associated mitigation strategies where performance testing can be employed is almost universally viewed as a valuable and time-saving practice