Service and Delivery
Knowledge Element: Installing PC hardware
Definition of Knowledge Element:
Know how to install hardware within and external to a PC so that it works correctly after installation.
A very brief summary of the Knowledge:
Non provided.
Select the text below for further study material:
A do it yourself guide to PC Hardware
A summary of expert opinion:
The knowledge named 'Installing PC hardware' is considered to be very important.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be slightly difficult to replace, it is mostly learned by study, 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 3.95, 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 2.012 (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 PC hardware | |
|---|---|
| PC hardware fitting techniques | Basic PC architecture |
Postrequisite knowledge implies that Installing PC hardware 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 PC hardware is possible.
Each of the 2 prerequisite knowledge elements shown in the table is a leaf node. That means that each element has no further prerequisites.
Parameters assigned for Installing PC hardware.
| Identifier | Name | Value | Clarifier | Weight | Study Mean |
P1 |
Importance |
7.0 |
very important |
1.0 |
6.34 |
P2 |
Recovery |
1.0 |
slightly difficult to replace |
1.0 |
3.38 |
P3 |
Study-Exp |
1.0 |
mostly learned by study |
1.0 |
3.46 |
P4 |
Known By |
3.0 |
Between 7% and 30% of Group are Experts |
-1.0 |
2.80 |
P6 |
Specialised |
3.0 |
knowledge mostly used generally |
1.0 |
5.05 |
P7 |
Stability |
5.0 |
quite stable knowledge |
-0.7 |
6.41 |
People Involved with Installing PC hardware:
| Person | Expert | Capable | Responsible | N S Jones | --- |
Yes |
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S P Evans | --- |
Yes |
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M A Smith | --- |
Yes |
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E N Roberts | --- |
Yes |
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A A Pendragon | Yes |
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Computed Similarity
The most similar nodes to Installing PC hardware are Organise parts availability and or delivery and External procurement.
The most dissimilar node to Installing PC hardware is Service Evaluation.