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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

analytical skills to evaluate product and technology needs

interact with enterprise personnel customers and other contractors while maintaining a customer focus and consideration of customer needs

liaise with internal and external personnel on technical and operational matters

literacy skills to

prepare reports given a specific format

read and interpret technical documentation software and hardware manuals specifications and relevant enterprise policy

numeracy skills to take and analyse measurements

planning and organisational skills to

break large projects into a series of small projects

manage and prioritise own work

organise testing

problem solving skills to resolve software hardware and logistics problems

safety awareness skills to follow all related occupational health and safety OHS requirements and work practices

task management skills to work systematically with required attention to detail and adherence to project requirements

technical skills to

configure software testing tools

create traceability matrix

develop software testing strategies

Required knowledge

applications software features and functionalities

configuration of software testing tools

creation of testing artefacts

creation of traceability matrix

domain and application testing

elements of test plans

features of testing tools and debuggers

identification of types of risks

management of

software defects

test traceability

phases of test cycles

production of test reviews

steps in developing test strategy

testing procedures

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

produce the steps in developing the test strategy

produce a test strategy to evaluate the suitability of the application software

develop software testing strategies for uncovering evidence of defects in software systems

create reusable domain artefacts to detect early defects in domain testing

produce test reporting associated with phases of a test cycle within test plan

produce an evaluation report from the traceability matrix

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure

site where testing artefacts can be developed and applied

software tools currently used in industry

vendor products specifications equipment and enterprise policy required for the activity

Methods 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 the candidate managing development and application of testing artefacts

review of tests plans reports and evaluation documents prepared by the candidate

oral or written questioning of the candidate to assess required knowledge

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended for example

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Aboriginal people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may have second language issues

Access must be provided to appropriate learning and assessment support when required

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the oral communication skill level and language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge Questioning techniques should not require language literacy and numeracy skills beyond those required in this unit of competency

Where applicable physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs

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.

Application software may be for:

Test strategy may include:

communicating test plans to stakeholders and obtain buy-in from business clients

coordinating test environment and data requirements before starting phase

defining objectives, timelines, and approach for test effort

defining test activities with roles and responsibilities.

Steps in developing the test strategy may include:

change management:

models for assessing impact of changes on testing

plan for managing requirement changes

process for keeping test artefacts in sync with development artefacts

configuration management:

list of testing artefacts

tools and techniques for configuration management

communication and status reporting

testing approach:

methodology for test development and execution

planning for test execution cycles

specification of test environment set-up

testing process life cycle

testing templates, checklist and guidelines

test automation:

criteria for feasibility of test automation

defect management

test automation strategy

test tool identification

test environment specifications:

configuration management, maintenance of test bed and build management

hardware and software requirements

test data creation

testing metrics:

metric to match strategic objectives

plan of process improvement based on metrics

techniques for collecting metrics

tools to gather and analyse metrics

types of testing:

different phases of testing required

different types of testing

test coverage

objective and scope of testing:

business objectives

extent of application to be tested

goals to be met by testing effort

what systems and components need to be tested.

Range of tests may include:

Features of testing tool and debuggers may include:

automated functional graphical user interface (GUI) testing tool

benchmarks

formatted dump or symbolic debugging

performance analysis or profiling tool

program monitors;

code coverage reports

instruction set simulator

program animation.

Test plan may include:

acceptance or commissioning test

design verification or compliance test

manufacturing or production test

regression test.

Testing artefacts produced by software testing may include:

domain or application testing

Software testing strategies may refer to:

defects when software system does not behave as specified

test level requirements

variability of product line.

Defects may be:

Test levels refer to:

integration test of multiple element that form a configuration specified in architecture

system test that validates behaviour of whole system

unit test of single element.

Domain testing features may:

aim at testing common parts and preparing test artefacts for variable parts

create reusable test artefacts for application testing

deal with variability of various domains

uncover evidence of defects in domain artefacts.

Application testing features may:

aim at reusing test artefacts for common parts and reuse predefined variable domain test artefacts to test specific applications

reuse domain test artefacts to uncover evidence of defects in product line applications.

Phases of a test cycle may include:

defect retesting

regression testing

requirements analysis

test result analysis.

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ICTTEN7226A - Manage development and application of testing artefacts

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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Evidence Required

Range Statement