Project Name    Workplace Software Application

 

Description

Produce a workplace software application using an integrated commercial computing package required to help run a small business.

Competencies

This project addressed the following units of competency:

ICAITTW002B           Communicate in the workplace

ICAITS009B              Interact with clients

Elements from the following units of competency may also be addressed

ICAITTW001B           Work effectively in an information technology environment

ICAITTW004B           Apply Occupational Health and Safety procedures

ICAITU006B              Operate computing packages – application desktop

ICAITU005B              Operate computer hardware

ICAITU013B              Integrate commercial computing packages

ICAITU012B              Design organisational documents using commercial computing packages

ICAITD003B              Receive and process oral and written communication

Background:

Many business software application programs have the capacity to be tailored to suit individual business needs through the use of an integrated commercial computing package. These applications combine workplace applications such as wordprocessing, spreadsheet, data bases, data merging, and include customised menus and toolbars, and for the more experienced users, macros and programming within a common integrated computing package.

Requirements

Conduct research into the business you have identified to determine typical activities that are carried out such as locating and servicing clients, invoicing clients, ordering materials and managing business income and expenses. Your research should involve speaking with people working in the area you have selected. Prepare a report on your findings.

Use an integrated commercial computing package to create templates and/or forms and/or reports for recording client details and orders, sending out invoices and documenting payments. The templates and/or forms and/or reports you create should address the particular needs of the type of business you have identified and can be created in either a word processing, spreadsheet, or database package, or a combination of the three.

The items developed above are to be accompanied by a quick reference guide that could either be electronic or paper based. The quick reference guide should explain how to use and manage the templates and/or forms and/or reports an/or applications and therefore include information about storing data files, backing up files and ensuring the items can be accessed correctly.

Note:  If a fictitious organisation is used, the student will need to have a mentor to act as a client. The student will also be provided a case study brief outlining the details of a business’s information technology as required.