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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to

interact with developers and stakeholders during the deployment process

negotiate requirements to deploy the application with client

literacy skills to

read and interpret complex technical and nontechnical documents

write a software installation plan document

planning and organisational skills to

organise resources for deployment

plan software installation

problemsolving skills to troubleshoot the software installation

technical skills to

test client and server system specifications

write code to create install and uninstall packages

Required knowledge

basic knowledge of

database management systems

software development life cycle SDLC

web hosting and domain name registration provider

detailed knowledge of

coding to create deployment application

IT hardware software and security protocols and standards

organisational IT policies plans and OHS procedures

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

deploy software applications to a production environment including

preparing software installation plan

planning application reinstallation

planning database installation

planning application removal

performing software deployment

using configuration files to easily modify deployment variables

troubleshooting software installation

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

client and server system

sufficient privileges to install packages in client and server systems

database management system software

deployment tools

specific tools and licences depending on particular platform

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

review of candidates software installation plan

software installation and removal

database installation

configuration files

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 include:	hard disk space hardware requirements memory size operating system platform processor software requirements target framework.
Installation method may include:	ClickOnce domain name system (DNS) entries, hosting and file transfer protocol (FTP) MSI standard Java deployment technologies: executable Java Archive Files (JARs) Java WebStart launch scripts third party Xcopy
Security requirements may include:	authentication and authorisation database security requirements network security requirements.
Software installation plan may include:	backup procedures configuration definition constraints data requirements dependences installation procedures release notes resource requirements.
Install package may include:	cab project executable JAR files set up project for Windows applications web setup project.
Deploying a database may include:	using file transfer protocol (FTP) to back up database publishing the database using Database Publishing Wizard using host-provider tools.