The Need for Documentation
Documentation is the most crucial component of performance tuning. If testing hasn’t been documented, how can you reproduce it or even know what was done to improve the problem? On the other hand, documentation is the part of the job that we all dislike the most. It is tedious and a lot of work. Here are a few tips to ease the documentation burden:
Create an outline of your report before you begin work on it. By outlining the report, all you have to do is fill in parts of it as you get results.
Work on the report during the engagement or duration of the test. Don’t wait until all of your testing is done before putting together the report. Work on it a little each day.
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