Australian Vocational Education and Training/ICTWEB501 Build a dynamic website

ICTWEB501 - Build a dynamic website edit

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to analyse and design websites to meet technical requirements.It applies to individuals working as web developers who are responsible for the analysis, design, implementation, and testing of websites.

Objectives edit

Elements and Performance Criteria edit

After studying this unit you will be able to:

  • Define and analyse the technical requirements
    • Identify the business requirements and appropriate standards
    • Determine and document, the purpose, expectations and functionality of the website
    • Analyse the user-interface design requirements, including user needs, design principles and operating systems


  • Produce the software design specifications
    • Produce a hierarchy of the website showing navigation
    • Ensure that the content is logical and accessible to the user
    • Produce the prototype of the user interface
    • Determine and document, the architectural requirements
    • Design the data storage requirements


  • Develop the website to the specified design
    • Create the software components of the website
    • Test the components of the website
    • Integrate the components to produce the web application


  • Test the web application
    • Test the website against the requirements
    • Complete and document the design structure
    • Obtain client feedback and adjust web applications as appropriate

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