Google Links

Follow the links below to find material targeted to the unit's elements, performance criteria, required skills and knowledge

Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Establish configuration management requirements
  2. Establish control mechanisms
  3. Establish monitoring mechanisms
  4. Manage the release of the product to clients

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to

facilitate groups

present information and gain consensus on concepts

literacy skills to

develop administrative procedures for integration

identify legislative and organisational requirements

identify target groups

write technical and business reports

planning and organisational skills to

determine responsibilities for configuration management

determine scope time cost quality communications and risk management for a project

estimate function point analysis and other skills for use across a range of predictable project contexts either varied or highly specific

integrate configuration management into general project management processes for monitoring and control purposes

problemsolving skills to develop strategic initiatives

research skills to specify analyse and evaluate broad features of a particular business domain and best practice in software development methodologies

technical skills to develop technical procedures

Required knowledge

benchmarking methodologies

configuration management

control mechanisms such as acceptance criteria test and acceptance processes and security access and management control criteria

monitoring mechanisms

organisational guidelines

project planning methodologies and tools

quality assurance and quality processes

safety security and legislative requirements

software 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

develop technical and administrative procedures for use during the software life cycle system or network reconfiguration or the upgrade process including

quality processes

audit trials

version control

configuration management procedures

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

CASE tools

future organisational business processes

organisational standards for documentation and version control

project budget and timeframe

projectmanagement process and hierarchy

legislation and organisational guidelines

technical specifications

test plans

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment 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 determining the tools and procedures for integration

verbal or written questioning to assess candidates knowledge of control and monitoring mechanisms

review of requirements for formal control of software products and documentation determined by candidate

evaluation of candidates documented control and monitoring mechanisms

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.

Standards may include:

International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Australian Standards (AS)

organisational

project.

System may include:

application service provider (ASP)

applications

databases

gateways

internet service provider (ISP)

operating systems

servers.

Network may include:

data

large and small local area networks (LANs)

private lines

internet

use of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) for dial-up modems only

virtual private networks (VPNs)

voice

wide area networks (WANs).

Software may include:

commercial

customised

in-house

packaged.

Documentation may follow:

audit trails

client training and satisfaction reports

ISO, IEC and AS standards

maintaining equipment inventory

naming standards

project-management templates and report writing

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.

Organisational guidelines may include:

communication methods

content of emails

dispute resolution

document procedures and templates

downloading information and accessing particular websites

financial control mechanisms

opening mail with attachments

personal use of emails and internet access

virus risk.

Acceptance criteria may include:

cost implications

technical and logistical considerations

timeframe.

Test and acceptance processes may vary according to:

AS4006-1992 Software test documentation

International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Australian Standards (AS) that are updated and changed on a regular basis

size and type and scope of the project.

Quality benchmarks may include:

benchmarks that cover:

cost savings

performance

quality

technical matters

documented standards for addressing quality in quality-certified organisations

international and Australian standards that are updated and changed on a regular basis, including:

AS3925.1-1994 Software quality assurance - plans

AS4042-1992 Software configuration management plans

AS4043-1992 Software configuration management

AS/NZS14102:1998 Information technology - guideline for evaluation and selection of computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools

AS/NZS4258:1994 Software user documentation process

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 12207:1997 Information technology - Software life cycle processes.