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
communication skills to liaise with clients and development staff
literacy skills to interpret and write technical documents
planning and organisational skills to:
plan a project that addresses scope, time, cost, quality and risk
manage staff responsibilities
problem-solving skills to test processes during the development of defect-free software
technical skills to use data-modelling tools.
Required knowledge
client business domain
broad knowledge of industry accepted hardware and software products
input and output drivers
operating systems
programming languages: two or more procedural languages and three or more object-oriented languages
quality assurance practices and the identification of standards
real-time programming techniques
software application measuring and estimating methodology
software development and configuration-management processes
software-metrics development.
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.
Quality standards may include: | AS3925.1-1994 Software quality assurance - plans AS4042-1992 Software configuration management plans AS4043-1992 Software configuration management AS/NZS14102:1998 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 current international and Australian standards. |
Standards may include: | Australian Standards (AS) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) software development standards. |
Appropriate person may include: | authorised business representative client supervisor. |
Documentation may follow: | audit trails ISO, IEC and AS standards maintaining equipment inventory, client training and satisfaction reports naming standards project-management templates and report writing version control. |
Requirements may relate to: | business database network people in the organisation platform system. |
Client may include: | clubs external organisations individuals internal departments internal employees. |
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