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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Gather and confirm architecture requirements
  2. Design layered architecture
  3. Plan a strategy to re-use components
  4. Design for globalisation and localisation

Required Skills

Required skills

analytical skills to

assign a priority to each architectural requirement

determine areas of concern

communication skills to

interact with others of different cultures to globalise a software product

interact with stakeholders to gather architectural requirements

initiative and enterprise skills to identify potential improvements to the structure of software and existing systems

literacy skills to

maintain a complete list of architectural requirements

prepare architectural requirements questionnaire to system stakeholders

problemsolving skills to

communicate with external systems

determine the possibility of reusing the existing legacy components

technical skills to

analyse software requirements

design software applications

Required knowledge

basic knowledge of database design

current software development methodologies

detailed knowledge of

objectoriented programming

software development life cycle

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

design layered applications to increase application performance scalability and reusability

create flexible and configurable applications and adapt to suit different locales

adapt a software product to a particular language and culture of the target market

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

specific requirements including functional and nonfunctional requirements

tools to design software architecture

culturespecific information for the target culture or language

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 architecture requirements documentation

evaluation of softwarelayered architecture

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.

Architectural requirements may include:

design requirement

functional requirements

non-functional requirements:

maintainability

performance

reliability

scalability

security

usability

quality requirements.

Layers may include:

business logic layer (BLL)

data-access layer (DAL)

services layer

user interface (UI) layer.

Cross-cutting concerns may include:

caching (improve performance)

communications (protocols)

configuration management

data protection

operational management

security:

authentication

authorisation.