ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Determine database requirements

1.1 Meet with the client, and conduct a user-needs analysis, to determine database functionality

1.2 Analyse the results of a user-needs analysis to identify technical requirements

1.3 Develop a conceptual model of the database

1.4 Submit the conceptual model to the client for review

1.5 Evaluate client feedback and make changes as required

2. Develop a logical data model

2.1 Identify the attributes and determine the data types

2.2 Undertake the normalisation of attributes

2.3 Develop an entity-relationship (ER) diagram in order to clarify the cardinality of relationships

2.4 Document attributes, normalised data, and the ER diagram

2.5 Forward documentation to the client for confirmation

3. Design the data structures

3.1 Confirm primary and foreign keys for tables

3.2 Review client business rules

3.3 Identify the referential integrity constraints

3.4 Establish database management system constraints and incorporate into database design

3.5 Develop the validation rules for data

3.6 Design indexes and develop the data dictionary

3.7 Document the database design

4. Design queries, screens and reports

4.1 Design the user interface for database, including menus, input screens and outputs

4.2 Design queries, based on requirements

4.3 Design output reports, based on requirements

4.4 Compare the physical design with the conceptual model, or user-needs analysis

4.5 Incorporate changes as required

5. Design access and security systems

5.1 Review the business security plan as a basis for commencing the access and security design

5.2 Design the password and access system for the database

5.3 Identify multiple-user requirements

5.4 Develop client access profiles using the client business model

6. Confirm the database design

6.1 Identify the database backup and recovery requirements

6.2 Develop and document the database backup and restore procedures

6.3 Submit the database, and documentation, to the client for final approval

Skill

Performance Criteria

Description

Reading

1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.1, 6.1

Interprets textual information obtained from a range of sources and determines how content may be applied to requirements

Writing

1.3, 2.3, 2.4, 3.7, 6.2, 6.3

Develops content in a manner that supports the purposes and format of the requirements using appropriate structure, layout and specialised technical and programming language

Oral Communication

1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 2.5, 3.2, 5.1, 6.3

Uses listening, questioning and summarising techniques to identify needs, and uses specific and clear language when engaging with others

Numeracy

3.4, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4

Makes measurements and performs calculations for work layout, determine field lengths and table size and estimate database size

Get the work done

All

Uses a combination of formal, logical planning processes and an increasingly intuitive understanding of context to identify relevant information and risks, identify and evaluate alternative strategies and resources

Uses systematic, analytical processes in complex, non-routine situations, setting goals, gathering relevant information, and identifying and evaluating options against the agreed criteria

Understands the key principles and concepts underpinning the design, and operation, of digital systems and tools