Week 1 T&L Activities:

R11.1 The purpose of testing digital components.

Purposes of testing:

• functionality

• usability

• compatibility

• accessibility

• customer/client/end user satisfaction

• fault-finding and de-bugging

• impact assessment

• efficiency of individual components

• review accuracy of data

• ensuring desired outcome (for example service or product)

• performance monitoring

Digital components:

• software

• hardware

• data

• interfaces

• test scripts


Files that support this week

English:

Assessment:

Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.



Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.
Learning Outcomes:
Awarding Organisation Criteria:
Maths:
Stretch and Challenge:
E&D / BV
Homework / Extension:
ILT
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Week 2 T&L Activities:

R11.2 The process of applying root cause analysis to problems.

• define the problem

• collect data relating to the problem

• identify what caused the problem

• prioritise the causes

• identify solutions to the underlying problem

• implement the change

• monitor and sustain


Files that support this week

English:

Assessment:

Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.



Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.
Learning Outcomes:
Awarding Organisation Criteria:
Maths:
Stretch and Challenge:
E&D / BV
Homework / Extension:
ILT
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Week 3 T&L Activities:

R11.3 Testing methods and their application in the digital sector:

• concept testing:

o scoping and validating requirements

o informing decisions before committing time and resources to a project

• usability/audience testing:

o testing whether the functionality fulfils the desired outcome

o identifying usability problems

o determining user satisfaction with product

• stress testing:

o testing whether a system can function with expected demand by replicating real world load

• penetration testing:

o determining vulnerabilities in a controlled environment

o authorised attack on systems

• black box testing:

o testing inputs and outputs against expected results

o measuring the functional requirements of a system

• white box testing:

o testing internal structure of process flows

 


Files that support this week

English:

Assessment:

Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.



Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.
Learning Outcomes:
Awarding Organisation Criteria:
Maths:
Stretch and Challenge:
E&D / BV
Homework / Extension:
ILT
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Week 4 T&L Activities:
Files that support this week

English:

Assessment:

Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.



Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.
Learning Outcomes:
Awarding Organisation Criteria:
Maths:
Stretch and Challenge:
E&D / BV
Homework / Extension:
ILT
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Week 5 T&L Activities:
Files that support this week

English:

Assessment:

Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.



Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.
Learning Outcomes:
Awarding Organisation Criteria:
Maths:
Stretch and Challenge:
E&D / BV
Homework / Extension:
ILT
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Week 6 T&L Activities:
Files that support this week

English:

Assessment:

Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.



Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.
Learning Outcomes:
Awarding Organisation Criteria:
Maths:
Stretch and Challenge:
E&D / BV
Homework / Extension:
ILT
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Week 7 T&L Activities:
Files that support this week

English:

Assessment:

Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.



Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.
Learning Outcomes:
Awarding Organisation Criteria:
Maths:
Stretch and Challenge:
E&D / BV
Homework / Extension:
ILT
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