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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Application Development Testing and Debugging Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a modular application for the Cloud using a fast development method.
- Test the modules of a cloud application based on a testing plan.
- Perform functional and acceptance testing of a completed modular application.
- Assess the effectiveness of formal testing processes for application development.
Applied Cryptography in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse encryption ciphers and algorithms to determine their effectiveness as methods to secure data within a cloud environment.
- Discuss the security risks and potential issues related to the practical application of public key encryption methods.
- Demonstrate the practical use of cryptographic and cryptoanalysis tools for the purpose of improving security within a virtual private network (VPN).
- Evaluate advanced encryption protocols and their suitability for application within an organisation considering a move to cloud-based services.
Applied Programming and Design Principles Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate and analyse the impact of SOLID development principles on the object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm.
- Design a large dataset processing application, ensuring it adheres to SOLID principles and incorporates clean coding techniques.
- Build a functional data processing application based on the developed design specifications and principles.
- Perform automatic testing procedures on the developed data processing application to ensure its quality and reliability.
Applied Security in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse common threats and defence practices with a view to improving security within a cloud infrastructure.
- Design defence-based security solutions ensuring effective cloud security management for a business case.
- Deploy security solutions to mitigate threats in a cloud environment to meet the needs of the business case.
- Evaluate how secured cloud infrastructure mitigates potential vulnerabilities through monitoring strategies.
Artificial Intelligence Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the theoretical foundation of Artificial Intelligence to determine its effectiveness.
- Analyse current trends and issues in Artificial Intelligence to determine its effectiveness.
- Implement an intelligent system using a top-down approach to Artificial Intelligence.
- Implement an intelligent system using a bottom-up approach to Artificial Intelligence.
- Investigate a range of emerging AI technologies to determine future changes in industry.
- Discuss a range of emerging AI technologies to determine future changes in industry.
Business Information Technology Systems Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the role of different IT systems in support of organisational objectives.
- Compare flexible and reliable IT systems that respond to organisational requirements within an organisational context.
- Evaluate IT systems that support value-added change within organisations.
- Recommend practical IT systems solutions to given organisational scenarios.
Business Intelligence Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Discuss business processes and the mechanisms used to support business decision making.
- Compare the tools and technologies associated with business intelligence functionality.
- Demonstrate the use of business intelligence tools and technologies.
- Discuss the impact of business intelligence tools and technologies for effective decision-making purposes and the legal/regulatory context in which they are used.
Cloud Architecture Design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce a cloud feasibility assessment for a defined problem for a small-to-medium sized organisation.
- Use appropriate architectural design principles to design an infrastructure for a defined problem.
- Implement an infrastructure solution using cloud architectural design principles based on defined requirements.
- Analyse the metric monitoring and alert system to baseline the health of your cloud environment.
Cloud Computing Research Project Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine suitable research methodologies and approaches in preparation for a research project.
- Conduct and analyse research relevant for a cloud computing themed research project.
- Communicate the outcomes of a research project to identified stakeholders.
- Reflect on the effectiveness of the selected research methodologies for the chosen research project.
Cloud Fundamentals Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine the fundamentals of Cloud Computing, considering areas of application, architecture, and platform options available
- Design a suitable deployment model for a system to be hosted in the cloud, based on a given scenario and its specific requirements
- Explain different Cloud Service Providers’ (CSP) approaches to providing a cloud architecture framework, considering their suitability for various business uses
- Assess the technical challenges and potential risks inherent in migrating existing IT systems to the cloud environment, and propose mitigation strategies
Cloud Systems Integration Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse system integration requirements for businesses considering cloud-based integration.
- Plan a systems integration strategy to satisfy a business case.
- Design a solution that meets the business case requirements using appropriate cloud elements.
- Illustrate the designed solution by mapping selected vendors' products to the planned deployment architecture.
Computer Systems Architecture Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the relationships between hardware components and the subsystems used in a computer system to understand system architecture
- Categorise the key features and services provided by different computer operating systems and hardware to select appropriate technologies
- Use network communication technology and the associated services to connect computer systems to enable data transfer
- Demonstrate diagnostic and troubleshooting skills to solve hardware, software and networking related issues to maintain system functionality
Critical Infrastructure Protection Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the different types of critical infrastructure and the organisations involved in critical infrastructure protection, considering their roles and responsibilities
- Explore the emergency planning methods used for critical infrastructure protection, including risk assessment, contingency planning, and disaster recovery
- Investigate command and control procedures used in the management of critical infrastructure scenarios, focusing on effective communication and coordination
- Review potential threats to critical infrastructure, including natural disasters, cyberattacks, and physical security breaches, and assess their potential impact
Data Structures & Algorithms Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine abstract data types, concrete data structures, and algorithms, understanding their properties and relationships.
- Specify abstract data types and algorithms using a formal notation to ensure clarity and precision.
- Implement complex data structures and algorithms in a practical coding environment.
- Assess the effectiveness of different data structures and algorithms in terms of performance, efficiency, and suitability for specific tasks.
Database Design & Development in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Design a cloud based relational database system using appropriate design tools and methods for a substantial problem
- Develop a fully functional relational database system, based on an existing system design and host it in the cloud
- Perform system testing against user, technical and hosting requirements
- Produce documentation to support the system and manage the hosting of it in the cloud
Deploying and Operating in the Cloud Project (Pearson set) Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Discuss the cloud architectural principles used for designing a technological solution for an organisational move to the cloud
- Develop a cloud-based prototype using an appropriate development methodology for a business case
- Test the prototype solution against business case requirements
- Discuss the value gained from developing a cloud-based solution to support sustainable organisational performance
Developing Individuals, Teams and Organisations Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the employee knowledge, skills, and behaviours required by HR professionals to effectively manage and develop talent within an organisation
- Analyse the factors to be considered when implementing and evaluating inclusive learning and development programmes, with the aim of driving sustainable business performance
- Apply knowledge and understanding to explain the ways in which high-performance working (HPW) practices contribute to increased employee engagement and a sustainable competitive advantage
- Evaluate ways in which performance management, collaborative working practices, and effective communication strategies can support the development of a high-performance culture and foster employee commitment
E-Commerce & Strategy Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine E-Commerce strategies and their impact on business organisations.
- Review the hardware, software, web-based and database technologies involved in setting up a secure E-commerce site.
- Design an E-Commerce strategy based on a given end user requirement or specification.
- Implement an E-Commerce strategy based on a given end user requirement or specification.
Financing the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess the financial elements that need to be considered when commissioning a cloud-based service for an organisation.
- Create a cloud service contract, selecting appropriate elements based on a given organisation's specific needs and requirements.
- Investigate the financial impact of legal obligations involved in utilising cloud service provision, considering both the home country and international regulations.
- Review and analyse the financial risks and benefits to an organisation of moving to and utilising cloud services.
Forensics in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Discuss the specific features required of a forensic tool for it to work effectively in the cloud.
- Develop a cloud forensics policy which considers legal and commercial implications for a given organisational scenario.
- Instigate attacks on a cloud-based system using appropriately selected tools.
- Investigate the result of attacks on a cloud-based system and identify improvements.
Information Security Management in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the basic principles of information security governance for meeting assurance, quality and performance standards in the cloud.
- Investigate the use of Information Security Management Systems (ISMSs) in organisations.
- Develop a business case for a cloud-based ISMS solution for a given business scenario.
- Design a Security Posture Assessment for a cloud environment identifying risks.
Internet of Things Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the necessary and appropriate aspects of IoT when designing software applications.
- Outline a plan for an appropriate IoT application using common architecture, frameworks, tools, hardware and APIs.
- Develop an IoT application using any combination of hardware, software, data, platforms and services.
- Evaluate your IoT application and the problems it might encounter when integrating into the wider IoT ecosystem.
Machine Learning Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the theoretical foundation of machine learning to determine how an intelligent machine works.
- Investigate the most popular and efficient machine learning algorithms used in industry.
- Develop a machine learning application using an appropriate programming language or machine learning tool for solving a real-world problem.
- Evaluate the outcome or the result of the application to determine the effectiveness of the learning algorithm used in the application.
Maths for Computing Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use applied number theory in practical computing scenarios to solve real-world problems
- Analyse events using probability theory and probability distributions to predict outcomes
- Determine solutions of graphical examples using geometry and vector methods to visualise and solve problems
- Evaluate problems concerning differential and integral calculus to model and analyse change
Networking in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine commonplace networking principles used in a cloud infrastructure to support communication within a business context
- Explain the operation of various networking technologies within a cloud infrastructure, detailing their functions and interactions
- Design a comprehensive networking solution for a cloud-based system, tailored to meet the specific requirements of a given business use case
- Enhance the network performance of a cloud-based system developed for a given business use case, optimising for speed, reliability, and security
Operating Systems in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine different Operating Systems and the processes they manage for a cloud environment.
- Discuss how virtual environments and the cloud deployment stack can meet the needs of organisations.
- Produce a technical specification for a cloud deployed operating system based on a business case.
- Deploy a virtualised environment to meet the needs of an identified user.
Professional Practice Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate a range of interpersonal and transferable communication skills to a target audience
- Apply critical reasoning and thinking to a range of problem-solving scenarios
- Discuss the importance and dynamics of working within a team and the impact of team working in different environments
- Examine the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and its role within the workplace and for higher level learning
Programming Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Define basic algorithms to carry out an operation and outline the process of programming an application to solve problems
- Explain the characteristics of procedural, object-orientated and event-driven programming to understand different programming paradigms
- Implement basic algorithms in code using an IDE to create functional programs
- Determine the debugging process and explain the importance of a coding standard to ensure code quality and maintainability
Risk Analysis & Systems Testing Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Examine the principles of risk-based testing and its relationship to system requirements.
- Create a customised risk-based test strategy, including detailed plans and appropriate testing techniques, tailored to a given specification.
- Demonstrate the implementation of a risk-based test plan, producing and documenting the associated outcomes and results.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of a risk-based test plan and critically analyse its associated outcomes in relation to the identified risks.
Security in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explain commonplace security principles used in a cloud infrastructure for an organisation to ensure data protection
- Design a secure cloud solution based on requirements for a corporate environment to meet specific business needs
- Configure cloud security measures based on requirements for a corporate environment to protect against threats
- Implement a test plan based on an established testing methodology to improve cloud security and identify vulnerabilities
Software Development Methodologies in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Discuss the impact of different software development lifecycles on project outcomes.
- Develop a project management proposal for an identified project to implement a cloud-deployed solution.
- Implement a cloud-based solution using a DevOps Pipeline to meet project requirements.
- Demonstrate the use of collaborative software development when implementing a cloud-based solution for an identified project.
Strategic Information Systems Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Review the information requirements of organisations to understand their data needs
- Explore the types of information systems that are used within all levels of an organisation to support decision-making
- Demonstrate the use of an information system to produce management information for effective reporting
- Review the effectiveness of strategic information systems for global competitiveness to improve business performance
Understanding and Leading Change Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Compare ways in which change impacts on an organisation’s strategy and operations.
- Evaluate the influences that drivers of change have on organisational behaviour.
- Determine how barriers to change influence leadership decision-making.
- Apply a range of leadership approaches to a change initiative.
Website Design and Development in the Cloud Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Discuss cloud technologies and management services associated with hosting websites, considering the specific organisational needs and requirements
- Design a cloud-based website, specifying the tools, technologies, and software required to meet the demands of a given business case
- Build a multipage cloud-based website, based on a pre-defined design, ensuring it aligns with the requirements of a given business case
- Review the cloud-hosted website against the original requirements of the business case, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring alignment with objectives
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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Architect end-to-end Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions
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Assist in developing and validating machine learning solutions
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Assist in implementing DevOps software lifecycle management processes
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Create business insight dashboards and reports
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Deploy and Configure Cloud Infrastructure
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Design Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) hardware solutions
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Design and Implement Cloud
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Design and Implement Cloud Networks COPY
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Design cloud architecture solutions
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Design cloud services for business
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Design, develop and test Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) software solutions
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Develop and implement machine learning algorithms
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Develop cloud architecture solutions
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Implement Cloud Security
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Implement and Manage Cloud
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Implement security solutions for cloud services
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Lead Cloud Architecture Governance
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Perform basic business intelligence analysis
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Where this can lead
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What you would be collecting
Application Development Testing and DebuggingApplied Cryptography in the CloudApplied Programming and Design PrinciplesApplied Security in the CloudArtificial IntelligenceBusiness Information Technology SystemsBusiness IntelligenceCloud Architecture Design
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
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You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
- Bring your own plan Create
For “Cloud Computing Research Project” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Draft the real one Create
You do “Financing the Cloud” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Business Information Technology Systems” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
- Lead it Apply
“Developing Individuals, Teams and Organisations” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Architect end-to-end Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions
- Assist in developing and validating machine learning solutions
- Assist in implementing DevOps software lifecycle management processes
- Create business insight dashboards and reports
- Deploy and Configure Cloud Infrastructure
- Design Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) hardware solutions
- Design and Implement Cloud
- Design and Implement Cloud Networks COPY
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Application Development Testing and Debugging, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit enables learners to develop modular cloud applications using fast development methods. It includes testing individual modules, performing functional and acceptance testing, and assessing the effectiveness of formal testing processes for application development.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Cloud Computing
34 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Application Development Testing and Debugging
- Applied Cryptography in the Cloud
- Applied Programming and Design Principles
- Applied Security in the Cloud
- Artificial Intelligence
- Business Information Technology Systems
and 28 more in the full unit list below.
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