Performance Testing Initiation Best Practices Checklist

These Performance Testing Initiation Best Practices allow teams to identify if they have correctly designed their performance tests before test execution

Stakeholder Alignment

Item	Importance	Status
Business Stakeholders Identified	High
IT Stakeholders Identified	High
Performance Test Architect Identified	High
Performance Test Engineer Identified	Medium
Dedicated Performance Test Environment Identified	High

Non-Functional Requirements

Item	Importance	Status
Average Transactions per day for each key flow	High
Average Transactions per user for each key flow	High
Peak Transactions during peak hour/minute for each key flow	High
Data Generated in each table identified for 18+ months past go live	High
Determine the need for a Performance Test, Load Test, Stress Test or Endurance Test based on the above requirements.	High

Acceptance Criteria

Item	Importance	Status
Targets for 90 percentile Response Time Identified	High
Targets for transaction throughput identified for each respective test (Performance, Load, Stress and Endurance) based on estimated volumes.	High

Test Design

Item	Importance	Status
Test design incorporates realistic usage scenarios including “think time”.	High
Test design incorporates variability and realistic test data	High