Plan a web performance test with a budget
Plans a repeatable performance test of your own page with a numeric budget, test conditions, a baseline run and a pass or fail rule.
Task:
Plan a repeatable performance test for one page of my own site, with a performance budget and a pass or fail rule.
Context:
The page is [page address or name] and its main job is [page purpose]. Most visitors use [typical device and connection]. Performance matters here because [business reason].
Rules:
- Propose budget numbers for page weight, number of requests and time until the main content is visible, and mark each number as "my starting guess, adjust to my data".
- Specify test conditions: device profile, network throttling, cache state and the number of runs, so results can be compared.
- Include a baseline run before any change, and say what difference between runs counts as noise.
- Mention which tools I might use only by type, such as lab tool or field data, and tell me to verify current features on their sites.
Result:
A numbered plan of at most seven steps, followed by a table of the budget with the columns metric, budget and how to measure.