Key Areas of Knowledge | RPL Project Reports - ICT Business Analysis Assessment Answers

Internal Code: 3EJE

Business Analysis Assignment

Task: ACS RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING (RPL) FORM - 2017 Please complete the following 2 sections:

1. The Key Areas of Knowledge – Section 1
2. The Project Report Forms – Section 2

SECTION 1 – KEY AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE Section 1 is based and will be assessed on the following document. Please ensure you read and understand - The ACS Core Body of Knowledge for ICT Professionals (CBOK). You must clearly explain how your experience and qualifications meet the selected Areas of Knowledge and specifically how and where you acquired the knowledge. You are required to select one topic from the Essential Core ICT Knowledge (Topic 1 or Topic 2) and one topic from the General ICT Knowledge (Topic 3, Topic 4 or Topic 5). Please ensure you address at least 2 subtopics from each of the topics chosen. The ICT Key Areas of Knowledge: Essential Core ICT Knowledge Topic 1. ICT Professional Knowledge Sub Topics are -

1. Ethics b. Professional Expectations c. Teamwork Concepts and Issues d. Communication e. Societal Issues

Topic 2. ICT Problem Solving Sub Topics are -

1. Modelling Methods b. Processes to understand problems c. Methods and tools for handling abstraction

General ICT Knowledge Topic 3. Technology Resources Sub Topics are -

1. Hardware and Software Fundamentals b. Data and Information Management c. Data Communications and Networking

Topic 4. Technology Building Sub Topics are -

1. Human Factors b. Programming c. Information Systems Development and Acquisition

Topic 5. ICT Management Sub Topics are -

1. IT Governance and Organisational Issues b. IT Project Management c. ICT Service Management d. Security Management

SECTION 2 - RPL PROJECT REPORTS A project report is a coherent written description of a project or engagement that provides you with the opportunity to show how you perform as an ICT Professional. Each report is to relate to a significant project or work episode undertaken by you during your professional career. The purpose of these reports is to enable you to demonstrate your command and implementation of the Areas of Knowledge described in Section 1 of this application. Please note: You are required to provide two project reports. Of the two reports, one must pertain to a project undertaken within the last three years, and the other for a project within the last five years. Projects over two years long may be used for both reports under either of the following conditions:

• The project has clearly-defined work efforts which took place in parallel, each with their own solution development and design activities and their own deliverables.
• The project had clearly-defined phases that were executed in succession, each with its own solution development and design activities and deliverables. Note that a second project phase that constructs and implements the solution developed by the first phase does not meet this requirement.

Depending on the nature of your role in each project, the Project Report should cover an appropriate selection of factors. Appropriate factors will be determined based on the type of ICT project selected. Possible factors include:

• System Analysis and Design and Software Engineering methodologies used;
• Contribution to the processes involved in the design and implementation of enterprise-wide computing systems;
• Programming languages, design paradigms and implementation procedures adopted;
• Database and/or file design and management techniques employed;
• Network topologies, including size, distribution and security facilities installed;
• Project Management and quality assurance techniques followed;
• Internet application design, including database interactivity and security measures implemented;
• ICT managerial activities, demonstrating the nature and extent of responsibilities