Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to:
liaise with stakeholders and users, especially when seeking agreement from all parties
facilitate training
literacy skills to interpret and write technical documents
planning and organisational skills to manage risk when a prioritised plan is implemented, using a series of recursive stages of build and review for delivery of the system
problem-solving skills to determine RAD requirements.
Required knowledge
broad knowledge of industry-accepted prototyping tools
detailed knowledge of:
client business
two or more programming languages
overview knowledge of:
quality assurance practices
two or more current industry development methodologies.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Tool set may include: | bug analyser code beautifier compiler integrated development environment test harness software. |
System may include: | application service provider (ASP) applications databases gateways internet service provider (ISP) operating system servers. |
Database may include: | commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) database packages object-relational databases proprietary databases relational databases. |
Documentation may follow: | audit trails client training International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and Australian Standards (AS) standards maintaining equipment inventory naming standards project management templates and report writing satisfaction reports version control. |
Stakeholders may include: | development team project team sponsor user. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist