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Elements and Performance Criteria

Review and confirm information requirements and existing models
Resolve conflicts and inconsistencies
- Identify missed opportunities arising from previous and current model development
- Identify bottlenecks, overlooked functionalities and other issues and resolve with client input as required
Build and test model
Ensure that the model represents a workable solution

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to negotiate and liaise with internal and external personnel on technical and operational matters

literacy skills to

document details of system model

interpret standards

planning skills to set benchmarks and identify project scope when developing model

problemsolving skills to resolve conflicts and inconsistencies in systems models

research skills to specify analyse and evaluate broad features of a particular business domain and best practice system

technical skills to

develop the model

test model according to test plan

Required knowledge

client business domain particularly the client organisation structure and business functionality

current industryaccepted hardware and software products and standards

modelling techniques and methodologies

range of development and test tools

systems development methodologies

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to

use two or more development tools

develop specific areas of a system for further information or to confirm a software or hardware direction

identify opportunities for expansion of the model

test the model to a test plan

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

acceptance criteria

client requirements

future organisational business processes

organisational and process goals

project deliverables

standards for model development

technical specifications

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

Where applicable physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

direct observation of candidate preparing to develop a system model

verbal or written questioning to assess knowledge of developing and testing a system model

review of candidates documented test results

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended where appropriate

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and suitable to the communication skill level language literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

Indigenous people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may need additional support

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge

Range Statement

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.

Requirements may refer to:	business network people in the organisation system.
Standards may include:	International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Australian Standards (AS) organisational project project standards, found on Standards Australia website.
Client may include:	employee external organisation individual internal department.
Existing architecture may vary from:	systems based on mainframes to networks of mid-range machines and desktop computers networks that may be: intranet local virtual private network wide or based on the internet with vendor products and network protocols.
Document may follow:	audit trails ISO, IEC and AS standards naming standards project management templates report writing principles version control.
Project may include:	business improvement process ebusiness solution involving the total organisation or part of the organisation systems-only change total organisational change.
Constraints may include:	budget hardware legal policy resource software time.
Stakeholders may include:	development team project team sponsor user.
Solution may include:	hardware upgrades implementing a new system new hardware new software software upgrades user training.
Appropriate person may include:	authorised business representative client supervisor.