Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 1.0.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare the test

1.1 Establish and document, the testing framework and schedule

1.2 Determine the processes and functions to be tested, and assign the quantitative and qualitative performance benchmarks to each process and function

1.3 Benchmark and document the page templates, style guides and expected traffic loads

1.4 Determine and document the test methodology

1.5 Assemble and brief, the testing panel on the conduct of the test

1.6 Develop user and installation manuals, according to the target audience’s understanding and needs

2. Test individual pages

2.1 Test the pages, against style guides and templates

2.2 Test the pages, for consistency in structure and content

2.3 Apply the automatic testing software

2.4 Document page gross statistics of confirmed results of tests

3. Test page relationships against the business requirements

3.1 Test the installation, and the examples listed in instruction manual

3.2 Test page navigability using a variety of browsers

3.3 Test the ease of use and functionality against the requirements

3.4 Test software interface points, against the business and technical requirements

3.5 Test site security and privacy against the business requirements

3.6 Test the response time against the business requirements

3.7 Conduct load simulation testing, using single and multiple independent browsers, or automated load testing tools

4. Apply and document further tests

4.1 Test the website's ability to handle concurrent access

4.2 Test conformance to the applicable privacy, accessibility, and acceptable usage policy standards

4.3 Apply the automatic testing software

4.4 Collect, collate and document the results from the sample user, and data from the automated test

5. Evaluate the test results

5.1 Consolidate and compare the results to the benchmarks

5.2 Identify results that fail to meet the benchmarks, and conduct a site remedial iteration

5.3 Record and document the test results as the site performance baseline, against which further development or updating can be measured

5.4 Provide evaluation feedback to the appropriate person

5.5 Ensure that the appropriate person signs off on the site, prior to the ‘go live’ date

Skill 

Performance Criteria 

Description 

Reading

1.1-1.4, 2.1-2.3, 3.1-3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2

• Examines, constructs, organises and validates relationships, between both discrete and interrelated data and information

Writing

1.6, 2.4, 4.4, 5.1-5.5

• Produces a concise formal document that conveys technical information and procedures, utilising the appropriate format, technical language, correct spelling and grammar
• Uses specific software and technical language to create, format, review, save and access documents

Oral Communication

1.5, 5.4, 5.5

• Conveys information by participating in verbal exchanges including listening, questioning and discussing, data and information with a group of people in order to elicit an understanding of, and obtain a consistency of approach to, work requirements
• Uses clear and detailed verbal language in order to convey explicit information, and to elicit approval for proposed solutions and activities

Numeracy

1.2, 2.4, 5.1, 5.3

• Determines analyses and presents, numerical and statistical, data to inform the decisions and actions to be taken to achieve pre-determined outcomes

Navigate the world of work

3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.2,

• Ensures compliance of the product against business requirements and against the protocols

Get the work done

1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.4, 3.1-3.7, 4.1-4.4, 5.1-5.5

• Sequences and schedules complex activities, monitors implementation, and manages relevant communication
• Develops options, resolves issues, designs and implements tests, to ascertain the functionality of solutions prior to full implementation
• Utilises a combination of lateral and analytical thinking, to design, and refine, ideas to suit needs, resources and constraints
• Uses a range of digitally-based technologies and the software packages and hardware required for creating, and refining, websites

Code and title 

current version 

Code and title 

previous version 

Comments 

Equivalence status 

ICTWEB407 Conduct operational acceptance tests of websites

ICAWEB407A Conduct operational acceptance tests of websites

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

Equivalent unit

Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 1.0.