ICTICT522 — Evaluate vendor products and equipment

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What an assessment for ICTICT522 must cover

28 assessable components: 5 elements (20 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 1 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 6 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Establish project parameters

1.1Evaluate and prioritise business requirements
1.2Identify conflicting and overlapping business requirements
1.3Confirm budget and available resources
1.4Validate business requirements, budget and resource needs with client

2 Identify vendor products and equipment

2.1Investigate a representative range of vendor products and equipment
2.2Identify and document interdependencies
2.3Specify and document technical alternatives available to business
2.4Determine and document availability of products and equipment
2.5Confirm vendor products and equipment meet Australian and other required standards

3 Test vendor products and services

3.1Develop valid and reliable test regime
3.2Establish test environment and calibrate measuring equipment
3.3Undertake testing of products and equipment and document results
3.4Undertake revised testing where initial tests are inconclusive or where alternative product configuration may meet business requirements

4 Evaluate vendor products, services and equipment

4.1Rate vendor products for quality, performance and support
4.2Rate vendor products for fit with client needs
4.3Establish product limitations, performance, integration capabilities and costs, and compare with established business requirements
4.4Prepare cost-benefit analysis

5 Prepare evaluation report

5.1Document product information in order of preference
5.2Produce a report specifying preferred product and provide rationale for recommendations
5.3Submit report to client for approval

Performance evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to: determine vendor products and equipment options for an organisation according to requirements on at least one occasion, including: evaluating a range of vendor products and equipment against requirements; testing all identified product options; documenting the selected items and selection rationale in a report.

Knowledge evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of: relevance and application of the following for evaluating and selecting products: code of ethics; international standards; vendor products; client business domain; copyright and intellectual property; general features and capabilities of current industry accepted hardware and software products; current and future technical systems considerations required by business; features and functions of relevant hardware components and software products and the interaction between them; measures required for test regimes.

Foundation skills

Reading: Identifies, analyses and evaluates highly technical documents, diagrams, business strategies and statistical and financial information
Writing: Integrates information and ideas from a number of sources using specialised and cohesive language and formal document structures
Numeracy: Interprets and analyses a range of statistical and financial data relating to products, equipment and integration costs; Uses a range of software tools to apply statistical and financial functions and prepare a cost-benefit analysis
Self-management: Identifies the legal and regulatory responsibilities related to own work and recognises some legal principles across work contexts
Teamwork: Identifies the requirements of important communication exchanges, selecting channels, format, tone and content according to purpose and audience
Planning and organising: Develops plans to manage relatively complex non-routine tasks and demonstrates an understanding of how they may contribute to longer term operational and strategic goals; Uses systematic, analytical processes in complex non-routine situations, setting goals, gathering relevant information and identifying and evaluating options against agreed criteria

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What does an assessment tool for ICTICT522 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for ICTICT522 needs to address all 28 unit components: 5 elements with 20 performance criteria, 1 performance evidence requirements, 1 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for ICTICT522?

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