ICTDBS506 — Design databases

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What an assessment for ICTDBS506 must cover

46 assessable components: 6 elements (28 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 9 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 7 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 Determine database requirements

1.1Conduct user-needs analysis with required personnel and determine database functionality requirements
1.2Determine user-needs analysis technical requirements
1.3Develop conceptual model of database according to organisational requirements
1.4Submit conceptual model to required personnel
1.5Seek and respond to feedback and make required changes

2 Develop logical data model

2.1Identify attributes and determine data types
2.2Undertake normalisation of attributes
2.3Develop entity-relationship (ER) diagram and clarify cardinality of relationships
2.4Document attributes, normalised data and ER diagram
2.5Submit documentation to required personnel and seek and respond to feedback

3 Design data structures

3.1Confirm primary and foreign keys according to technical requirements
3.2Identify referential integrity constraints and organisational business rules
3.3Establish database management system constraints and incorporate into database design
3.4Design and develop data validation rules, indexes and data dictionary
3.5Document database design according to organisational policies and procedures

4 Design queries, screens and reports

4.1Design database according to organisational requirements
4.2Design required queries and output reports
4.3Compare physical design against conceptual model and user-needs analysis
4.4Incorporate all required changes into database design

5 Design access and security systems

5.1Review existing business security plan and use as design base
5.2Design database password and access system
5.3Identify multiple-user requirements
5.4Develop required organisational access profiles

6 Confirm database design

6.1Determine database backup and recovery requirements
6.2Develop and document database backup and restore procedures
6.3Submit database and documentation to required personnel
6.4Seek and respond to feedback from required personnel
6.5Obtain final task sign off from required personnel

Performance evidence

design, develop and implement a simple database on at least one occasion.
document the database requirements, design plan and procedures.

Knowledge evidence

process for conducting data analysis, data types and data structures, query and report design
data modelling procedures related to conceptual data model development
data redundancy identification methodologies
database management system (DBMS) design phase fundamentals
encryption and authentication database security features
functions and features of data types and data structures, and of databases
logical design concepts, including those for data structures, queries screens and reports
object model design concepts, including those for data structures, queries, screens and reports
database scalability.

Foundation skills

Numeracy: Makes measurements and performs calculations for work layout, determine field lengths and table size and estimate database size
Oral communication: Uses listening and questioning techniques to confirm information and requirements using industry language for intended audience
Reading: Interprets textual information obtained from a range of sources and determines how content may be applied to requirements
Writing: Develops documentation detailing data model and design using appropriate structure, layout and specialised technical and programming language
Planning and organising: Uses a combination of formal, logical planning processes and an increasingly intuitive understanding of context to identify relevant information and risks, identify and evaluate alternative strategies and resources
Problem solving: Uses systematic, analytical processes in complex, non-routine situations, setting goals, gathering relevant information, and identifying and evaluating options against the agreed criteria
Technology: Identifies key principles and concepts underpinning the design, and operation, of digital systems and tools

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What does an assessment tool for ICTDBS506 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for ICTDBS506 needs to address all 46 unit components: 6 elements with 28 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 9 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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