Higher Nationals

Assignment Brief – BTEC (RQF)

Higher National Certificate / Diploma in Computing and Systems Development
Student Name/ID Number

Unit Number and Title 30: Application Development

Academic Year 2018/2019

Unit Tutor

Assignment Title Best Fit Recruitment

Issue Date Monday 1st October 2018

Submission Date Sunday 23rd December 2019

IV Name & Date

Submission Format

The submission is in the form of the following documents/files:

Task 1 – An analysis of the business problem

Task 2 – A comparison of different software methodologies

Task 3 – A presentation of your final solution with peer feedback included and your finished
business application

Task 4 – An evaluation of your finished application and justification of any improvements suggested.
Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Produce a Software Design Document by analysing a business-related problem and deduce an
appropriate solution including a set of initial requirements.

LO2 Use design and development methodologies with tools and techniques associated with the
creation of a business application.
LO3 Work individually and as part of a team to plan and produce a functional business application
with support documentation.
LO4 Evaluate the performance of a business application against its Software Design Document and
initial requirements.

Assignment Brief and Guidance

Scenario

For this assignment, you are asked to carry out the design and implementation of recruitment
website for Best Fit Recruitment. Best Fit are a small recruitment firm based in Queensbury
Bradford. They provide recruitment services for clients ranging from small to large companies in
Bradford and around the UK. They have a basic website which acts as a portal to their business. This
is a static website which gives basic information about the company and has some jobs advertised
on it. The managing Director David James has asked for a range of functionality to be added to the
website which includes the following:
(1) A facility for candidates to add personal details, their CV and to classify themselves in job
areas using a range of keywords to facilitate matching of candidates with jobs.
(2) A facility to add clients and jobs that they wish to recruit for.
(3) A facility to match candidates for particular jobs.

Task 1 (Analysis of business problem - Learning outcome 1)

(a) You are required to interview your client to ascertain his requirements in detail and then
produce a well-defined problem definition statement, a set of user requirements and system
requirements. (P1)
(b) You must assess any risks which could hamper the successful completion of your project (P2)
(c) You should produce a software design document that contains the following:
A detailed proposed solution
An analysis of the system carried out using UML
A systems design
Pseudo code for any algorithms that you will be using

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 A test plan
An implementation plan (M1)

Task 2 (Compare different software development methodologies - Learning outcome 2)

(a) You are required to research different software design and development methodologies and
the different tools and techniques associated with these methodologies. (P3)
(b) You are required to choose one of these software development methodologies and
associated tools and techniques for your project and justify your selection. (M1 & D1)

Task 3 (Present solution. Incorporate peer feedback. Develop Solution -Learning outcome 3)
(a) Create and deliver a formal presentation which reviews your business application, your
problem definition statement, your proposed solution and your chosen methodology.
Document any feedback given by your colleagues. (P4)
(b) Interpret your peer feedback and identify any opportunities to improve your business
application. (M3)
(c) Develop a functional business application using your software design document and
following your chosen software design methodology and the associated tools and
techniques.(P5 & M4)
(d) Evaluate any new insights, ideas or potential improvements to your system and justify the
reasons why you have chosen to include (or not to include) them as part of this business
application. (D2)

Task 4 (Evaluate business application. Suggest and justify improvements Learning outcome 4)
(a) Review the performance of your application against your original problem definition
statement. Your review should include an analysis of what parts of the application are
working to expectations and which parts aren’t. You should give a detailed account of the
factors that you think have influenced the performance of your application use them to
undertake a review of your design, development and testing stages of your application. Your
discussion should also contain a critical review of the risks you identified previously. (P6 &
M5)
(b) Carry out a critical evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of your application justify any
opportunities for further development of this application. (D3)

Please review the subsequent grading criteria for more details on the expected elements and topics that
need to be included.

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 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Produce a Software Design Document by analysing a

business-related problem and deduce an appropriate solution
including a set of initial requirements LO1 &LO2
D1 Justify the tools and
P1 Explore a business related M1 Analyse a business related techniques chosen to realise a
problem and produce a well- problem using appropriate custom built website. Justify
defined Problem Definition methods and produce a well- your preferred selection of
Statement supported by a set of structured Software Design tools and techniques in
user and system requirements. Document that defines a deducing an appropriate
P2 Determine any areas of risk proposed solution and solution to a business related
related to the successful includes relevant details on problem.
completion of your application. requirements, system analysis,
system design, coding, testing
and implementation.

LO2 Use design and development methodologies with tools and

techniques associated with the creation of a business application

P3 Research the use of software M2 Compare the differences

development tools and between the various software
techniques and identify any that development tools and
have been selected for the techniques researched and
development of this application.. justify your preferred selection
as well as your preferred
software development
methodology.

LO3 Work individually and as part of a team to plan and produce a

functional business application with support documentation

P4 Create a formal presentation M3 Interpret your peer review D2 Evaluate any new insights,
that effectively reviews your feedback and identify ideas or potential
business application, problem opportunities not previously improvements to your system
definition statement, proposed considered. and justify the reasons why

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solution and development M4 Develop a functional you have chosen to include (or
strategy. Use this presentation as business application based on not to include) them as part of
part of a peer-review and a specific Software Design this business application.
document any feedback given. Document with supportive
P5 Develop a functional business evidence of using the
application based on a specified preferred tools, techniques
business problem. and methodologies.

LO4 Evaluate the performance of a business application against its

Software Design Document and initial requirements

P6 Review the performance of M5 Analyse the factors that D3 Critically evaluate the
your business application influence the performance of a strengths and weaknesses of
against the Problem Definition business application and use your business application and
Statement and initial them to undertake a critical fully justify opportunities for
requirements. review of the design, improvement and further
development and testing development.
stages of your application.
Conclude your review by
reflectively discussing your
previously identified risks.