Test Plan Question: Download Test Plan PDF

Load Descriptions:
★ Server-based
★ Number of users and/or sessions
★ Average session time
★ Number of page views
★ Average page views per session
★ Peak period (e.g., 75% of traffic is from 11:00 AM-4:00 PM)
★ Number of hits
★ Average page size
★ Most requested pages
★ Average time spend on page
★ New users vs. returning users
★ Frequency of visits (e.g., 75% of users made one visit)
★ Demographics
★ Client information such as browser, browser version, Java script support, Java script enable/disable, and so on.

User-based:
★ Number of users
★ Session length
★ User activities and frequency of activities per session
★ Think/Read/Data-input time
★ Percentage by functional group
★ Percentage by human speed
★ Percentage by human patience (cancellation rates)
★ Percentage by domain expertise (speed)
★ Percentage by familiarity (speed)
★ Percentage by demographics (arrival rates)

Other questions to consider:
★ What is the definition of "workload"?
★ How do we size the workload?
★ What is the expected workload?
★ What's the mix ratio of static pages vs. code?
★ What is the definition of "increased load"?
★ What is future growth? Can it be quantified?
★ What is the definition of scalability?