Tier 2 · Technical Delivery

Performance &
Non-Functional Testing

Systems that pass functional testing still fail in production. We stress-test, load-test, and validate every non-functional dimension — before your customers discover the problem.

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£5.4M
Avg cost of a production performance failure
94%
Of failures are preventable with proper NFT
2 sec
Page load threshold before 53% of users abandon
Cheaper to fix performance pre-release than post

Functional Tests Pass. Then Production Fails.

The most costly production incidents are not functional defects — they are performance collapses, security breaches, and accessibility failures that no unit test catches. These are the risks that non-functional testing is designed to surface before they reach customers.

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Peak Load Failures

Systems perform perfectly in UAT and collapse on launch day or during a campaign spike. Load testing reveals this — before it becomes front-page news.

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Slow Systems Lose Business

A 1-second delay in page response reduces conversions by up to 7%. For financial services, insurance, and healthcare, performance is a commercial metric, not a technical one.

Accessibility is Now a Legal Risk

WCAG 2.2 compliance is required by UK public sector and increasingly by regulated industries. Failure creates legal exposure and excludes 1 in 5 users.

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Security Through Performance

DDoS resilience, session management under load, and API rate limiting are security concerns that only manifest under performance test conditions.

Every Dimension of Non-Functional Quality

We cover the full non-functional testing spectrum — each test type engineered to expose a specific category of production risk.

Load Testing

How does your system behave under expected volume?

Simulating realistic concurrent user volumes to validate response times, throughput, and resource utilisation against defined SLAs.

Stress Testing

Where does your system break — and how does it recover?

Pushing beyond design limits to find the breaking point, validate failure modes, and confirm graceful degradation rather than catastrophic collapse.

Spike Testing

Can your system absorb sudden traffic surges?

Critical for insurance quote engines, banking portals, healthcare appointment systems, and retail during campaign launches.

Soak / Endurance Testing

Does performance degrade over sustained operation?

Identifying memory leaks, connection pool exhaustion, and resource degradation that only appear after hours of sustained operation.

Accessibility Testing (WCAG 2.2)

Can all users access your product?

Automated and manual WCAG 2.2 AA/AAA assessment — screen reader compatibility, keyboard navigation, colour contrast, and assistive technology compliance.

Security & Resilience Testing

Does performance expose security vulnerabilities?

Session management under load, API abuse pattern detection, rate limiting validation, and DDoS resilience assessment.

What the Data Tells You

📊 Response Time Distribution Under Load

🔥 System Throughput vs Concurrent Users

♿ WCAG Compliance Gaps by Category

💰 Cost of Defect: Pre vs Post Release

Enterprise-Grade Performance Tooling

Apache JMeter
Load & Stress Testing
Gatling
High-Performance Load
k6
Modern Scripted Load
Locust
Python-Based Load
AWS CloudWatch
Cloud Performance
New Relic / Datadog
APM & Observability
axe-core
Accessibility Automated
NVDA / JAWS
Screen Reader Testing
Blazemeter
Cloud Load Scaling
Grafana
Performance Dashboards
OWASP ZAP
Security Under Load
Wireshark
Network Analysis

Our Performance Testing Engagements

Performance Test Strategy & Planning

Defining the test scope, load model, SLAs, and success criteria — aligned to your architecture and business risk profile before a single script is run.

Baseline & Benchmark Establishment

Establishing a current performance baseline against which all future releases are measured — making performance regression visible and actionable.

Pre-Launch Load Testing

Full load, stress, and spike testing before major releases, infrastructure migrations, or high-traffic campaigns. Clear go/no-go reporting for release decisions.

WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Audit

Automated and manual accessibility assessment with a prioritised remediation roadmap. Delivered as a formal report suitable for legal and regulatory submission.

Production Performance Monitoring Design

Designing the observability stack — APM, alerting thresholds, and dashboards — so performance issues are detected in production before users report them.

Performance Engineering Consultancy

Advisory engagement for architecture and development teams — building performance into the design, not bolting it on at the end of the delivery cycle.

Know Your System's Limits Before Your Customers Do

Every system has a breaking point. The only question is whether you find it in a controlled test environment or during a live incident.

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