Courtesy of Cem Kaner you are employed as a performance analyst, then the following probably applies to you too. I consider performance defects as a class of bug, which need to be fixed by some other entity (maybe a programmer, or an architect or sysadmin). This means you’re about to create work for some other person, who might prefer to be watching Star Wars, drinking coffee or spending time with their family.
1. The point of testing is to find bugs.
2. Bug reports are your primary
work product. This is what people outside
of the testing group will most notice and most
remember of your work.
3. The best tester isn’t the one who finds the most bugs or who embarrasses the most programmers. The best tester is the one who gets the most bugs fixed.
4. Programmers operate under time constraints and competing priorities. For example, outside of the 8- hour workday, some programmers prefer sleeping and watching Star Wars to fixing bugs.
A bug report is a tool that you use to sell the
programmer on the idea of spending her time
and energy to fix a bug.
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