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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify potential re-use units
   • Analyse the project design and functionality, to identify re-use components
   • Source re-use components with the desired functionality
2. Evaluate re-use components for suitability in parent project
   • Evaluate the re-use component, or libraries, for suitability for use within the parent software project
   • Compare the functionality of each potential re-use component to the functionality required by the parent project
   • Evaluate the cost of implementing the re-use component
   • Consider the technical impact on the parent project design
   • Consider re-use component vendor licensing issues
   • Finalise the selection of re-use components
   • Document selection, evaluation and decision processes, as part of the parent project design documentation
3. Incorporate the re-use components
   • Configure the development environment to include re-use components during the build process
   • Construct test programs or use provided example programs, to become familiar with re-use components, in preparation for incorporation into the parent project
   • Add re-use components to the parent project incrementally
   • Resolve re-use component dependencies
   • Assemble and test the parent project, with a focus on the functionality provided by the re-use components

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

identify, evaluate, and select the appropriate components that may be re-used

modify and integrate the re-used components into a project

document the selection and evaluation processes

test the functionality of the re-used components.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

define and prepare the contract’s specifications

outline, and apply, current industry development and design methodologies

describe domain modelling

recognise and apply generic specification

define the content and structure of libraries

select and apply the techniques for metrics collection

recognise patterns, frameworks and idioms

identify and apply repository tools.

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