Importance of having a Performance Testers in QA Process
A Performance Tester adds value by –
- 1
Module Automation
Recording/Automating each module and running the flow for concurrent users according to future expected load.
- 2
Identifying Slow Requests and Errors
Documenting which request is taking more time and concurrency errors, if any.
- 3
Root Cause Analysis
Analyzing possible causes of slowness and errors – for instance whether it is related to source code, database query, front end and/or environment.
- 4
Resource Assessment
Examining whether the current system resources like CPU Cores, RAM, disk space are sufficient for current as well as future expected load.
- 5
Breaking Point Identification
Finding the Breaking point of the application server with reason(s) of failure.
- 6
Configuration Optimization
Checking your server, database configuration for optimization.
- 7
Regression Testing for Fixes
Running the performance tests again after the code changes to make sure the shortcomings are all addressed.
