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 analyse and evaluate a range of solutions using database modelling
communication skills to:
liaise with stakeholders
provide clear communication and distribution strategies to meet project plan requirements
literacy skills to provide clear and coherent technical reports
numeracy skills to account for cost considerations in project plan
planning and organisational skills to develop a detailed project plan and schedule of quality reviews
problem-solving skills to develop technical solutions
technical skills to use metrics software.
Required knowledge
current industry-accepted software configuration management processes
quality assurance practices and the identification of standards
software metrics development
client business domain.
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.
Stakeholders may include: | development team project team sponsor user. |
Organisational requirements may include: | how and what the organisation wants in regard to work environment preventative maintenance and diagnostic policy problem solution processes roles and technical responsibilities in the IT department vendor and product service level support agreements. |
Standards may include: | International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Australian Standards (AS) standards Java coding standards GNU coding standards organisational standards project standards. |
Project standards may include: | change control delivery against required milestones and budget development methodology ease of modification and maintenance project plan quality of software modules reporting mechanisms sharing of code or libraries. |
Communication may include: | non-verbal methods, such as written messages, emails and memos verbal methods, such as telephone, meetings and video conferencing. |
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