IPDS Guide - Evidenced Activities
The Final Test of Professional Competence
Managing an iterative
process
For the iterative process you are asked to ‘revisit’ a piece of work and undertake
further work on it until the needs of the organisation or client are met. An iterative
process is a process where you are responding to feedback from a person or people
and reworking according to that feedback.
Examples
- You may have a group of clients who have asked you to research a specific issue,
such as developing systems controls, and to make recommendations on how to
implement this in their organization. After making your report the clients are still
concerned about one particular aspect and how it might be perceived by the
organization. You are, therefore, required to research that issue in more depth
and return with additional, more detailed recommendations.
- You have written a report on introducing a new IT system for your manager. He
wants more emphasis placed on performance reporting. You need to go back and
rewrite this report.
In your planning statement include a description of the situation, explaining why
further work is required.
Evidence might include, notes taken from a meeting on the work, examples from
documents where changes have been made (the whole document is not always
necessary), a completed questionnaire.
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For the iterative process you must include:
- A description of the situation and why further work is required’ (context).
- Any planning you need to undertake (planning).
- Details of the outcome of the process (application).
- Evidence to demonstrate that you have undertaken the process.
- A reflective commentary on the experience.
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