List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and to:
design at least one architecture that will scale networking, compute and storage for a multi-tier web application
design at least one microservice architecture for implementing a simple web application
deploy a microservice application utilising cloud serverless technologies.
In the course of the above, the candidate must:
use cloud management consoles, software development kits or command line tools
apply web-scaling principles and technologies.
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. This includes knowledge of:
industry technology standards used in cloud computing solutions and services
industry standard hardware and software products, their general features, capabilities and application, including storage technology
functions, benefits and differences of web-scale cloud components, including:
structured query language (SQL) and NoSQL databases
monolithic and microservice architectures
virtual, container and serverless compute models
content delivery networks and in-memory data stores
definitions, functions, features and uses of web-scale cloud infrastructure, including:
highly cohesive and loosely coupled systems
database and storage services for persistent data storage
application program interface (API), messaging and queuing services
testing and debugging techniques
web-scaling principles and technologies.
Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.
This includes access to:
cloud vendor service provider
cloud managed database service
cloud serverless environment
pre-prepared code elements for microservice deployment
information and data sources required to design and implement cloud infrastructure
integrated development environment (IDE)
specific requirements and industry standards, organisational procedures and legislative requirements, including business and functionality requirements, as required
internet and web browser
data to gather information from to determine output and user requirements, including user access and business protocols.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.