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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to

liaise with developers on programming matters

liaise with managers or leaders on report and result matters

seek requirements and information from business and technical experts

literacy skills to

develop reports and documentation in relation to presentation of information

read and interpret program specifications developed by business and technical experts

problemsolving skills to apply basic debugging techniques in the context of software and application development

research skills to

locate and interrogate complex and varied sources of information

source information from available sources

technical skills to

develop a small scale application

execute an application

Required knowledge

characteristics of programming language

detailed knowledge of input and output requirements

overview knowledge of software development life cycle

processes and techniques related to smallsize application development

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

apply test case design techniques to develop test plan and test cases that adequately cover specific test requirements

design implement and execute test procedures or scripts by using a unit test framework and an integrated development environment IDE

create test progress reports based on recorded test results

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

software development environment

specific test requirements such as testplan document

suitable code to be tested

wordprocessing software

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

verbal or written questioning to key issues in testing software applications related to a specific project

evaluation of candidates ability to create testing project and execute test cases in a specific context

observation of test cases development and documentation based on specific requirements

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.

Testing types may include:	acceptance testing accessibility testing alpha testing beta testing component testing integration testing performance testing security testing system testing usability testing.
Testing tools may include:	graphical user interface (GUI) test tools: AutoHotkey AutoIt Selenium White load and performance tools: BrowserMob QTest SiteBlaster Xceptance LoadTest static analysis tools: Coverity FindBugs FxCop PMD test coverage tools: JCover NCover test design tools: ADL AllPairs.java DGL Jenny Multi TSL unit test tools: csUnit MbUnit NUnit OCUnit xUnit.
Terms must include:	defect failure quality verification validation.
Test-case design techniques may include:	black box design techniques: boundary value analysis decision table test equivalence partitioning error guessing desk checking white box design techniques: basic path testing branch coverage condition coverage loop testing statement coverage.
Unit test framework may include:	cppUnit jUnit mbUnit nUnit ocUnit pyUnit xUnit.
Test procedures may include:	fake mock stub test class test fixture test method.