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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare work
   • Review the specifications and standards for the project
   • Review the project documentation for the development environment
   • Analyse and confirm that the development environment matches the project documentation and meets standards
   • Select development tools
2. Coordinate work
   • Determine work units based on the design
   • Delegate work units to the appropriate developers
   • Brief developers on standards, procedures, schedules and other requirements
   • Implement project management techniques to ensure that all tasks are completed on time and according to standards and the specification
3. Coordinate development environment
   • Implement and test changes to the development environment and document outcomes
   • Update the project documentation for the development environment

Required Skills

Required skills

analytical skills to analyse requirements and confirm environment is appropriate to the tasks involved

communication skills to brief team members on their tasks

literacy skills to review and write technical documents

planning and organisational skills to manage a project

problemsolving skills to coordinate build phase

technical skills to

identify analyse and evaluate algorithms for a range of solutions

model data for identifying analysing and evaluating a range of solutions

review coding work on units under testing

Required knowledge

client business domain to inform the system build

clientserver architecture

current industryaccepted coding in a recognised language including features and capabilities

current industryaccepted database management system DBMS modelling techniques

current industryaccepted hardware and software products including their general features and capabilities

at least three or more current principles of databases

database design

quality assurance practices

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 coordinate coding testing administration and graphical user interface GUI design fulfil technical requirements by successfully managing allocated tasks understand performance benchmarks and module design control the testing process
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Assessment must ensure access to design specification software requirement specifications system requirements technical specifications version control standards 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 evaluation of candidates project documentation review of candidates tested development environment and documentation verbal or written questioning to assess candidates knowledge of software development project management testing direct observation of candidate briefing developers on standards procedures and schedules
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

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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.

Specifications may include:	current system functionality metrics project plan software requirements technical requirements user problem statement.
Project may include:	business improvement process business involved in a total organisational change ebusiness solution involving the total organisation or part of the organisation systems-only change.
Development environment may include:	computer language used development methodology development tools operating systems target environments version control systems.
Development tools may include:	computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools fourth-generation language program generator screen generator.
Requirements may relate to:	business database network people in the organisation platform system.

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