The Promising Athlete
―What is the objective of load test?‖ I asked the participants attending my workshop. ―It is to find out if the system can handle the load‖ replied one of them. A circular answer, this does not help! Another person chimed in ―Having multiple users use the system at the same time and check if the system functions properly‖. ―Does that mean that load test is only applicable for mult i-user systems‖ I asked. Silence fo llowed. I have observed that the clarity of understanding of ―what some of the common non -functional tests like load, stress, performance, scalability, and volume‖ is typically lacking. Possibly, because the tests are inter-related. Possibly because the participants did not go beyond of these jargons! Using ―Joe the promising athlete‖ as an example I have found it is very easy to explain the objective s of these tests and then delve into the test design techniques for these. Let me share this with you now.
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