Setting goals

To determine your goals for the benchmarking test, consider the following questions:

• Are you developing a capacity plan for your organization's current status? 
• Are you planning for your organization's future growth? 
• Are you comparing the efficiency of various integration options? 
• What goals influence your design and keep your benchmarking project focused?

Business activities that warrant performance benchmark tests include the following activities:

• New application implementation
• Capacity planning
• Application upgrade
• Technology stack upgrade
• Performance of critical business transactions
• Increased user or data workload