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Elements and Performance Criteria

Identify best development platform for project
- Identify requirements of the development platform using the detailed technical specifications
- Match the technical specification of the development platform with the technical specification of the project and quality standards
Identify best development tools for project
Prepare development environment

Required Skills

Required skills

analytical skills to identify analyse and evaluate a range of solutions

literacy skills to

read and correctly interpret technical design documentation

write qualityrelated 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 industryaccepted 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

Evidence Required

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

meet technical requirements by successfully preparing the development environment

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

design specification

software requirement specifications

system requirements

technical specifications

version control standards

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

evaluation of candidates completed development environment

review of candidates documented configuration

verbal or written questioning to assess candidates knowledge of software development environments

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 nonEnglish speaking background may need additional support

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

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.

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.