#1417 Enhancements to SWDN-3 from Software Developer Technician Apprenticeship Standard change request accepted

Statements to consider adding: SWDN-3:

•  Take and interpret given software development requirements to estimate personal time and effort required to deliver the work product to enable accurate costs to be established.
•  Break software development activities down into logical units of work to enable sequencing and ensure the best possible structuring of activities to deliver a high-quality product right first time.
•  Identify and select the most appropriate technical solution, taking into consideration coding best practice and appropriate quality standards.
•  Consider security implications of proposed design to ensure that security considerations are built in from inception and throughout the development process.
•  Apply security best practice to the software solution throughout the software development life cycle.
•  Create and maintain appropriate project documentation to explain the development process and resources used.

Proposed change applies to Software design

Current status of this request: accepted

What we decided

Reviewed against Software design (SWDN) and Software development (PROG)

What we changed

These statements apply to a number of levels and guidance notes  for PROG have been added/refined to reflect this.