As with any project, the planning stage is the most critical to a project's success. For load testing projects, the planning stage is even more critical due to technical and project challenges.
Critical Success Factors for Load Test Projects
The intent of load testing is the same as functional testing or any other type of testing: to find problems before the end users do. However, load testing is not the same as functional testing. It has its own unique issues and its own critical success factors. This white paper describes some of the critical success factors that are unique or are particularly meaningful to load testing.