Service and Delivery
Knowledge Element: Configure comm ports
Definition of Knowledge Element:
Know how to configure a PC communications port for a specific communications task.
A very brief summary of the Knowledge:
Non provided.
A summary of expert opinion:
The knowledge named 'Configure comm ports' is considered to be quite 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 specialised knowledge, and quite stable knowledge.
See Parameter table below for more detail.
Risk:
This knowledge element has a risk value of 4.7, 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 1.812 (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:
| Detailed PC architecture |
| Configure comm ports |
|---|
| BIOS |
Postrequisite knowledge implies that Configure comm ports 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 Configure comm ports 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 Configure comm ports.
| Identifier | Name | Value | Clarifier | Weight | Study Mean |
P1 |
Importance |
4.0 |
quite important |
1.0 |
6.34 |
P2 |
Recovery |
3.0 |
slightly difficult to replace |
1.0 |
3.38 |
P3 |
Study-Exp |
1.0 |
mostly learned by study |
1.0 |
3.46 |
P4 |
Known By |
1.0 |
Between 7% and 30% of Group are Experts |
-1.0 |
2.80 |
P6 |
Specialised |
7.0 |
specialised knowledge |
1.0 |
5.05 |
P7 |
Stability |
6.0 |
quite stable knowledge |
-0.7 |
6.41 |
People Involved with Configure comm ports:
| Person | Expert | Capable | Responsible | N S Jones | --- |
Yes |
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S P Evans | --- |
Yes |
--- |
E N Roberts | --- |
Yes |
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|---|
Computed Similarity
The most similar node to Configure comm ports is Interfacing methods and standards.
The most dissimilar node to Configure comm ports is Communicate with customers.