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System Evaluation

Content Type: How To
Author: Scott
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Summary:

While System Evaluation is a continual process throughout the performance testing effort, the bulk of the evaluation process is most valuable if conducted very early in the effort. The evaluation can be thought of as the evaluation of the project and system context. The intent is to collect information about the project as a whole, the functions of the system, the expected user activities, the system architecture and any other details that are helpful in creating a Performance Testing Strategy specific to the needs of the particular project. Starting with this information, the performance goals and requirements can be more efficiently collected and/or determined then validated with project stakeholders. The information collected via System Evaluation is additionally invaluable when characterizing the workload and assessing project and system risks.

Objectives:

* Learn techniques to effectively and efficiently determine and document the system's functions
* Learn techniques to effectively and efficiently determine and document expected user activities
* Learn techniques to effectively and efficiently determine and document the system's logical and physical architecture

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