Service and Delivery
Knowledge Element: Installing software
Definition of Knowledge Element:
Know how to install software on a typical PC so that it operates to specification and no existing systems or software are adversely effected.
A very brief summary of the Knowledge:
Non provided.
Select the text below for further study material:
An overview of PC software installation
A summary of expert opinion:
The knowledge named 'Installing software' is considered to be very important.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be almost impossible to replace, it is learned with a study experience balance, and Between 7% and 30% of Group are Experts.
It is also knowledge mostly used generally, and quite stable knowledge.
See Parameter table below for more detail.
Risk:
This knowledge element has a risk value of 6.11, whilst the average risk for the whole knowledge structure is 4.862. Consult the RISK page for more details.
The average risk of the prerequisite family of this knowledge node is 1.862 (adjusting for nodes with few members of the prerequisite family).
The average normalised prerequisite family risk of the whole map 2.122, whilst the average for the top ten percent family risk is 5.152.
Knowledge linked by learning dependency:
| PC architecture and Operating System details | System configuration |
| Installing software | |
|---|---|
| Basic OS usage | |
Postrequisite knowledge implies that Installing software must be understood before for a person can gain a full understanding of the knowledge listed in the top row of the Linked Knowledge table.
Prerequisite knowledge (bottom row in the Linked Knowledge table), is knowledge that should be understood before a full understanding of Installing software is possible.
Each of the 1 prerequisite knowledge elements shown in the table is a leaf node. That means that each element has no further prerequisites.
Parameters assigned for Installing software.
| Identifier | Name | Value | Clarifier | Weight | Study Mean |
P1 |
Importance |
7.0 |
very important |
1.0 |
6.34 |
P2 |
Recovery |
9.0 |
almost impossible to replace |
1.0 |
3.38 |
P3 |
Study-Exp |
5.0 |
learned with a study experience balance |
1.0 |
3.46 |
P4 |
Known By |
1.0 |
Between 7% and 30% of Group are Experts |
-1.0 |
2.80 |
P6 |
Specialised |
2.0 |
knowledge mostly used generally |
1.0 |
5.05 |
P7 |
Stability |
6.0 |
quite stable knowledge |
-0.7 |
6.41 |
People Involved with Installing software:
| Person | Expert | Capable | Responsible | N S Jones | --- |
Yes |
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S P Evans | --- |
Yes |
--- |
M A Smith | --- |
Yes |
--- |
E N Roberts | --- |
Yes |
--- |
A A Pendragon | Yes |
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Computed Similarity
The most similar nodes to Installing software are Validate an order and Scheduling activities.
The most dissimilar node to Installing software is Typical system configurations.