From the course: Performance Testing Foundations

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Questions that help you get started

Questions that help you get started

From the course: Performance Testing Foundations

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Questions that help you get started

- [Instructor] Getting started in a new domain can be hard. Even if you're already working as a tester, getting started with performance testing can be intimidating. As with anything new, when you start out it can be overwhelming to figure out what you need to do and how to approach things. I think that one of the hardest parts about starting out in a new area is figuring out what questions to ask. If you're new to something you might not know the terminology used and how to ask questions that get the answers that you need. So I want to give you a few questions that will hopefully help you move forward a little bit with performance testing. The first question isn't a technical one, but it's really important. Why do you want me to do performance testing? Before doing any kind of testing, we need to understand the business need for it. In order to define a test that gives back actionable information, we need to know…

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