Setting Performance Goals
Performance testing can serve different purposes.
- It can demonstrate that the system meets performance criteria.
- It can compare two systems to find which performs better.
- Or it can measure what parts of the system or workload causes the system to perform badly.
Many performance tests are undertaken without due consideration to the setting of realistic performance goals. The first question from a business perspective should always be "why are we performance testing?". These considerations are part of the business case of the testing. Performance goals will differ depending on the system's technology and purpose however they should always include some of the following:
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