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Evidence Guide: ICAWEB422A - Ensure website access and useability

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ICAWEB422A - Ensure website access and useability

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Design a site user test

  1. Establish usability test methods
  2. Identify critical business functions
  3. Identify full range of users
  4. Confirm user expectations through market analysis, business intelligence and customer feedback
  5. Establish performance potential of the business from business requirements or other approved sources
  6. Establish performance measurement and success criteria to measure actual performance against user expectations
  7. Test site when ready and record outcomes
Establish usability test methods

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Identify critical business functions

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Identify full range of users

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Confirm user expectations through market analysis, business intelligence and customer feedback

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Establish performance potential of the business from business requirements or other approved sources

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Establish performance measurement and success criteria to measure actual performance against user expectations

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Test site when ready and record outcomes

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Conduct user test

  1. Document process performance indicators and benchmarks and disseminate to sample group of users
  2. Assemble a full representative range of users and preferred technologies to test site features and functions based on the business specification
  3. Ensure maximum user satisfaction through ease of navigation controls and design
  4. Ensure user and legal, accessibility, privacy and equity requirements and expectations are met
Document process performance indicators and benchmarks and disseminate to sample group of users

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Assemble a full representative range of users and preferred technologies to test site features and functions based on the business specification

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Ensure maximum user satisfaction through ease of navigation controls and design

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Ensure user and legal, accessibility, privacy and equity requirements and expectations are met

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Evaluate user test

  1. Collate site performance results and measure against performance indicators and benchmarks based on user expectations
  2. Identify performance shortfalls and ensure acceptable performance solutions are developed according to business requirements
  3. Establish an evaluation feedback mechanism and provide to users
Collate site performance results and measure against performance indicators and benchmarks based on user expectations

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Identify performance shortfalls and ensure acceptable performance solutions are developed according to business requirements

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Establish an evaluation feedback mechanism and provide to users

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Document results

  1. Identify solutions to problems during the testing phase
  2. Discuss problems with developers and ensure solutions are continuously refined
  3. Ensure proposed solutions meet business requirements and user expectations
  4. Document final solutions in line with organisational guidelines, and distribute to appropriate person
Identify solutions to problems during the testing phase

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Discuss problems with developers and ensure solutions are continuously refined

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Ensure proposed solutions meet business requirements and user expectations

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Document final solutions in line with organisational guidelines, and distribute to appropriate person

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

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:

research user needs

design a valid usability test

facilitate the test process and document the results

propose solutions to meet user needs and the current and future needs of the business.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to:

analysis software

ebusiness website

organisational policy and procedures

requirements documentation

site server

site server software

web servers

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:

direct observation of candidate designing and conducting a site user test

review of candidate’s documented test performance results measured against performance indicators and benchmarks

verbal or written questioning to assess candidate’s knowledge of features of benchmark websites provided by candidate for review.

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 non-English speaking background may need additional support.

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

communication skills to liaise with users and website developers

literacy skills to:

document solutions in line with organisational guidelines

document test results

interpret organisational requirements

planning and organisational skills to conduct market analysis

technical skills to:

analyse a website

analyse the evaluation

design and implement technical tests

develop a website

evaluate tests and give feedback on the evaluation.

Required knowledge

detailed knowledge of:

principles of accessibility and equity in the context of website development

technical performance measurement

user testing principles and techniques

website architecture

website privacy

website security

work load metrics

overview knowledge of:

business process design

customer and business liaison

electronic commerce modelling language

organisational policy and procedures relating to website functionality.

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.

Users may include:

department within the organisation

person within a department

third party.

Business requirements may refer to:

business

network

people in the organisational system.

Success criteria may include:

cost implications

technical and logistical considerations

timeframe.

Business specification may include:

current system functionality

technical requirements

user problem statement.

Requirements may refer to:

business

network

people in the organisation

system

implementation of appropriate diversity and accessibility practices in order to accommodate people who may have special needs.

Feedback mechanism may include:

interviews

meetings

questionnaires

surveys.

Solutions may include:

implementing a new system

new hardware and hardware upgrades

new software and software upgrades

user training.

Problems may refer to:

network

people in the organisation

problems with the business

system.

Organisational guidelines may include:

communication methods

content of emails

dispute resolution

document procedures and templates

downloading information and accessing particular websites

financial control mechanisms

opening mail with attachments

personal use of emails and internet access

virus risk.

Appropriate person may include:

authorised business representative

client

supervisor.