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AF1 Develop information systems compatible with the needs of users

AF1.3 Implement improvements to information systems

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. Consulting specialists to assist in the implementation of improvements
2. Selecting systems and equipment to meet agreed specifications, and acquiring them in accordance with the organisation's procedures
3. Ensuring systems and equipment are installed and commissioned according to specification and verifying that they meet all relevant regulations
4. Ensuring systems and equipment are configured with existing systems and equipment, and that they achieve their optimum performance
5. Ensuring relevant people are briefed in the use of the systems and equipment
6. Ensuring data are entered or transferred into the new systems and equipment according to an agreed plan
7. Resolving any problems with the implementation

Occupational Context

1. Improvements
   • in function
   • in capacity
   • in cost effectiveness
   • in validity and reliability
2. Specification and regulations
   • ethical
   • departmental
   • organisational
   • according to the field
   • according to the discipline
   • in line with project research proposal / investigative plan / dissemination strategy
3. Relevant people:
   • users: internal to organisation and external in related profession / industry
   • supervisors / managers / advisors
   • maintenance and support staff
4. Agreed plan:
   • pilot / immediate / staged
   • in controlled conditions
   • under supervision
   • by users themselves

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Select systems and equipment to meet specifications
• Transfer data between items of equipment

You need to know about:

• The most effective sources for the supply of systems and equipment
• The organisation's procedures for purchasing supplies
• The appropriate professional bodies and trade associations for people installing equipment, and what qualifications installers should possess
• What the configuration of the equipment should be
• Who should be provided with information on the installation

Required Skills

You should demonstrate:

• Technical skills for system set up
• Book keeping and manual recording / categorisation of data

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can implementi mprovements to information systems

The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore how they

• implement improvements to information systems and that the implementation involves the modification and replacement of existing systems.

Evidence Rules

The candidate should have been involved in developing procedures for and using information systems over a period of time within a working context.

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