L7 - Digital and Technology Solutions Specialist
There are two EPA components for this programme
- Project report
- Professional discussion
1. Project report
1.1. Assessing the project report against the KSBs
You must assess the report against the relevant KSBs.
The report will be marked using a Project Report assessment scheme (link needed - not yet provided)
Make sure you allocate sufficient time to read and understand the project and that you are familiar with the standards below.
Business and change management
(Skill) Identify, document, review and design complexIT enabled business processes that define a set of activities that will accomplish specific organisational goals and provides a systematic approach to improving those processes;
Professional competencies
(Skill) Professionally present digital and technology solution specialism plans and solutions in a well-structured business report;
(Skill) Demonstrate self-direction and originality in solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing digital and technology solutions specialist tasks at a professional level;
(Skill) Be competent at negotiating and closing techniques in a range of interactions and engagements, both with senior internal and external stakeholders;
Software Engineering Specialist Skills to be assessed
Architect, build and support leading edge concurrent software platforms that are performant to industry standards and deliver responsive solutions with good test coverage;
Drive the technology decision-making and development process for projects of varying scales, considering current technologies including DevOps and Cloud Computing, and evaluate different technology design and implementation options making reasoned proposals and recommendations;
Develop and deliver, distributed or semi-complex software solutions that are scalable and which deliver innovative user experiences and journeys that encompass cross-functional teams, platforms and technologies;
Update current software products, improving the efficiency and functionality, and build new features to product specifications;
Accomplish planned software development tasks that deliver the expected features, within specified time constraints, security and quality requirements;
Be accountable for the quality of deliverables from one or more software development teams (source code quality, automated testing, design quality, documentation etc.) and following company standard processes (code reviews, unit testing, source code management etc.).
Software Engineering Specialist Knowledge to be assessed
The various inputs, statements of requirements, security considerations and constraints that guide solution architecture and the development of logical and physical systems' designs;
very long list (only small amount of the total given above - could be a pdf (but would benefit from being split out from the KSBs assessed through professional discussion).