Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
analytical skills to identify, analyse and evaluate a range of solutions
literacy skills to:
read and correctly interpret technical design documentation
write quality-related software documentation
planning and organisational skills to complete the preparation tasks according to project timescales
research skills to identify best development tools for project
technical skills to install, configure and test a variety of development tools and platforms.
Required knowledge
client business domain
current industry-accepted coding methods and standards in a recognised language and database management system (DBMS) modelling techniques
processes and techniques related to software and database design, architectures and their technical requirements
quality assurance practices.
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 relate to: | business database network people in the organisation platform system. |
Development platform may include: | computer language used development methodology development tools operating systems target environments version control systems. |
Technical specification may include: | system functionality technical requirements user problem statement. |
Quality standards include: | AS3925.1-1994 Software quality assurance - plans AS4042-1992 Software configuration management plans AS4043-1992 Software configuration management AS/NZS 14102:1998 Information technology - guideline for evaluation and selection of CASE tools AS/NZS4258:1994 Software user documentation process AS/NZS ISO/IEC 12207:1997 Information technology - Software life cycle processes Note: International and Australian standards are updated and changed on a regular basis. It is therefore important to check the Standards Australia website on a regular basis for new standards. |
Program documentation may include: | architecture documentation code comments design documents in-code documentation internal module documentation release documents requirement documents test documents user manuals. |
Development tools may include: | computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools fourth-generation language program generator screen generator. |
Components may include: | CD and DVD drives central processing unit (CPU) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) battery CPU upgrades drives fax or modem cards interface cards motherboards random access memory (RAM) upgrades. |
Hardware may include: | modems and other connectivity devices, such as asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) modems networks personal computers remote sites servers workstations. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist