Skills Acquisition – CS L4

Identify a required new skill, plan the learning resources, then acquire and demonstrate the new skill

Choose a new skill you would like to learn

  1. Complete Project Planning Documentation
  2. Complete Project Scheduling Documentation
  3. Skills Acquisition
  4. Demonstration of New Skill

Choosing a new Skill

Find a digital product you like the design of

Identify the skills needed to create that product

Choose one of the skills needed that you do not currently have as your chosen skill

1.0 Project Planning

1.1 Product Description
Description of the product including its purpose and target audience

1.2 Skills Needed
Detailed list of skills needed to use the technologies listed to create the product described

1.3 New Skills Description
Description of a new skill and an explanation of where in the development the skill is needed

2.0 Plan for Skills Acquisition

2.1 Plan for obtaining new skill
Description of learning resource chosen for the new skill

2.2 Plan for Demonstration of new skill
Detail list of the steps / components needed to demonstrate the acquisition of the new skill

3.0 Scheduling

Scheduling
Detailed list of tasks and sub tasks for the project showing dependencies

Tracking
Modifications to project plan for each milestone of the project

Skill Acquisition

Use the learning resources outlined in 2.1 Plan for obtaining new skill to learn the new skill

4.0 Demonstration of Skill Acquisition

Demonstration
Keep evidence of steps in using the new skills as outlined in the 2.2 Plan for Demonstration of new skill

Resources

Task 1 – Skills Acquisition

Planning – Gannt Chart