For Merit standard, learners will apply their knowledge through selection and
application of appropriate methodologies to design, develop, maintain and test an
effective, optimised website to meet client requirements. Learners will produce
comprehensive designs, including alternative solutions. When developing their website,
learners will produce an optimal solution to meet client requirements as closely as
possible. Learners will also gather and analyse feedback on their website in order to
make improvements. Learners will record the changes that are made and produce
subsequent versions of the website as appropriate.
Learners will give a clear analysis of the success of their solution, giving accurate and
reasoned suggestions as to how the solution could be improved; they will discuss
alternative solutions that could be implemented if the task were to be repeated. They
will consider how decisions they made during the project affected the outcomes and
justify why these decisions were made. They will give an evaluation of how their skills
and behaviours affected the outcomes of the website.
For Pass standard, learners will apply understanding through the planning and
development of the website to meet client requirements. Learners will produce detailed
designs for their website, including user requirements, visual designs and technical
documentation. Learners will carry out and document a number of tests and reviews of
the website (including use of test users and appropriate test plans, schedules and test
data) to ensure that the solution works and meets the identified criteria. They will give
evidence that different types of testing have been carried out and that important
problems and errors identified have been responded to. Learners’ websites will
be functional and meet the identified requirements but there may be some
performance issues and/or the implemented solution may not be as efficient
or effective as it could be.
Learners will review how the decisions they made during planning and development
affected the website. Learners will explain the extent to which the website meets the
initial project brief. They will consider both positive and negative aspects of the website,
although their review may be unbalanced and/or superficial. They will make reference
to the possible alternative solutions that could be implemented.