PRODUCT

DEVELOPMENT

CET333
Practitioner Statement

Dr. Susan J Jones

Faculty of Computer Science
Practitioner Statement
 With the Requirements Specification and Schedule in place
your project is underway
 Over the remainder of the project, you will implement your
plan, aiming to deliver the prototype on time
 A key assessment deliverable is a ‘Practitioner Statement’
 In this report you explain and justify the approaches,
methods, tools and techniques you have used
 The report is a seven page document written entirely in your
own words
 The Practitioner Statement is worth 15% of the overall mark
and should be an evolving document as your project is being
implemented
Derivation of Practitioner Statement

Schedule Practitioner
Statement

 Your schedule will embody your own professional practice

 It should be unique to you
 The Practitioner Statement is derived from this schedule
 The two documents go hand in hand
 A good schedule will underpin a good Practitioner Statement
Derivation of Practitioner Statement
Your Practitioner Statement is unique to you

No two Practitioner Statements will be the same

Schedule

Previous
Previous
Experience
Experience

Practitioner
Practitioner
Statement
Statement
 New
New
Knowledge
Knowledge
and
and Skills
Skills

Schedule

Previous
Previous
Experience
Experience

Practitioner
Practitioner
Statement
Statement
 Knowledge
Knowledge
of
of Client
Client
Needs
Needs

New
New
Knowledge
Knowledge
and
and Skills
Skills

Schedule

Previous
Previous
Experience
Experience

Practitioner
Practitioner
PR
PR actiner
actiner
Statement
Statement
Statement
Statement
 Selection
Selection of
of
Methods,
Methods,
Knowledge
Knowledge Tools
Tools and
and
of
of Client
Client Techniques
Techniques
Needs
Needs

New
New
Knowledge
Knowledge
and
and Skills
Skills

Schedule

Previous
Previous
Experience
Experience

Practitioner
Practitioner
R
R actioner
actioner
Statement
Statement
Statement
Statement
 Project
Project
Selection
Selection of
of Management
Management
Methods,
Methods,
Knowledge
Knowledge Methods
Methods
Tools
Tools and
and
of
of Client
Client and
and
Techniques
Techniques
Needs
Needs Tools
Tools

New
New
Knowledge
Knowledge
and
and Skills
Skills

Schedule

Previous
Previous
Experience
Experience

Practitioner
Practitioner
PR
PR acioner
acioner
Statement
Statement
Statement
Statement
 Project
Project
Selection
Selection of
of Management
Management Deliverable
Deliverable
Methods,
Methods,
Knowledge
Knowledge Methods
Methods s
s
Tools
Tools and
and
of
of Client
Client and
and or
or
Techniques
Techniques
Needs
Needs Tools
Tools Tangible
Tangible
Outputs
Outputs

New
New
Knowledge
Knowledge
and
and Skills
Skills

Schedule

Previous
Previous
Experience
Experience

Practitioner
Practitioner
R
R actioner
actioner
Statement
Statement
Statement
Statement
 Project
Project
Selection
Selection of
of Management
Management Deliverable
Deliverable
Methods,
Methods,
Knowledge
Knowledge Methods
Methods s
s
Tools
Tools and
and
of
of Client
Client and
and or
or
Techniques
Techniques
Needs
Needs Tools
Tools Tangible
Tangible
Outputs
Outputs

New
New Discipline
Discipline
Knowledge
Knowledge Specific
Specific
and
and Skills
Skills Language
Language

Schedule

Previous
Previous
Experience
Experience

Practitioner
Practitioner
Statement
Statement
 Project
Project
Selection
Selection of
of Management
Management Deliverable
Deliverable
Methods,
Methods,
Knowledge
Knowledge Methods
Methods s
s
Tools
Tools and
and
of
of Client
Client and
and or
or
Techniques
Techniques
Needs
Needs Tools
Tools Tangible
Tangible
Outputs
Outputs

New
New Discipline
Discipline
Knowledge
Knowledge Specific
Specific
and
and Skills
Skills Language
Language

Schedule
Continuous
Continuous
updating
updating ofof
Previous
Previous Practitioner
Practitioner
Experience
Experience Knowledge
Knowledge
and
and Skills
Skills

Practitioner
Practitioner
PR
PR ationer
ationer
Statement
Statement
Statement
Statement
Schedule Refinement
 Your schedule fulfills two roles
 Firstly it is a working, planning document that can
be adjusted depending upon how the project
proceeds with the goal of finishing on time Schedule
 Secondly it embodies and demonstrates your
practitioner knowledge and practice
 This means that you can refine and adjust the task
descriptors and deliverables to reflect your
improving practitioner knowledge and skills
 In other words the Schedule will be adjusted and
improved as you proceed Practitioner
Practitioner
Statement
Statement
 Once your design work is underway, you should
start to write your Practitioner Statement
Investigation and Application
 In the time available, and with the breadth of programmes
involved in the module, it is impossible to supplement the
teaching significantly with information of methods and
approaches
 However, as with all modules at Level 3, you are expected to
‘read’ around and investigate/research
 In this context, this means investigation and applying
contemporary approaches and methods in your own
professional practice
 You will glean ideas from your past and current modules
 But by developing good practitioner behaviours you will
improve your chances of achieving a high mark for the
Practitioner Statement
Report Formatting
 The Practitioner Statement is a seven page narrative
 Only your OWN diagrams are allowed, but a minimum of five full
pages of written textual information is required
 You may use a maximum of six section headings
 None of the following are allowed
 Bullets, lists, tables, diagrams you have taken from books,
papers or the web
 You should write in paragraphs, approximately three to the page
 The content of the Practitioner Statement needs to be a very
close match to the Schedule.
 No tool or technique should be implemented without some
explanation of its use in the Practitioner Statement and vice
versa
Feedback
 As soon as you have started to write
your Practitioner Statement, seek
feedback from your client (tutor)
 Do not leave the writing of this Schedule
statement until the end of the project
 The statement needs to be well
written and presented
 So this needs iterative development
and refinement
Practitioner
Practitioner
 Remember the Schedule and the Statement
Statement
Practitioner Statement go hand in
hand