What is spontaneously your first thought when it comes to performance testing? "uh... nothing for me because too complex" or "that's something for developers or infra colleagues". Don't panic, this reaction is perfectly normal because performance testing is usually underexposed. However, its importance cannot be underestimated because the performance of a system -in addition to its functionality- largely determines the user experience. Even though performance testing has an important technical component, we need everyone during the journey, including you, the manual tester. This workshop will explain how you can play a role in this journey.

Target Audience: (Manual) testers in general
Prerequisites: No technical background required. Even more, it is better if people don't have experience with performance testing. This workshop will just show them how they can play a role in the performance testing journey
Level: Basic

Max. number of participants: 36
If you would like to attend this workshop, we kindly ask you to note the course selection when purchasing your ticket. Please be at the lecture room 10 minutes before the workshop starts.

Extended Abstract:
What is spontaneously your first thought when it comes to performance testing? "uh... nothing for me because too complex" or "that's something for developers or infra colleagues". Don't panic, this reaction is perfectly normal because performance testing is usually underexposed. However, its importance cannot be underestimated because the performance of a system -in addition to its functionality- largely determines the user experience. Even though performance testing has an important technical component, we need EVERYONE during the journey, including you, the (manual) tester. "But what can I do in such a project"? you may be asking yourself. That's exactly what this tutorial is going to answer. Non-technical aspects such as collaboration, communication, creativity are just as important. How else can you properly answer the following questions:

• How to determine the requirements for performance testing when you have no (existing) baseline
• How does the strategy differ from functional testing?
• What information to report to your stakeholders and in which format?
• Why is this -more than other testing types- an interdisciplinary activity? 

Rest assured, during this tutorial we will take you step by step through the exciting journey of performance testing using a mix of exercises, quizzes, case studies, polls. And we promise that we don’t dive too deep in the technical complexity of performance testing.