Service and Delivery
Knowledge Element: Interfacing methods and standards
Definition of Knowledge Element:
Know what standards affect the interconnection of equipment common in an office communication system and how to locate and interpret these. Also know what general interfacing methods are available.
A very brief summary of the Knowledge:
Non provided.
A summary of expert opinion:
The knowledge named 'Interfacing methods and standards' 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 1.842 (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:
| Basic technical communication knowledge |
| Interfacing methods and standards |
|---|
| Connector signal applications |
Postrequisite knowledge implies that Interfacing methods and standards 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 Interfacing methods and standards 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 Interfacing methods and standards.
| Identifier | Name | Value | Clarifier | Weight | Study Mean |
P1 |
Importance |
5.0 |
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 |
2.0 |
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 Interfacing methods and standards:
| Person | Expert | Capable | Responsible | N S Jones | --- |
Yes |
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M A Smith | --- |
Yes |
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E N Roberts | --- |
Yes |
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S P Evans | Yes |
Yes |
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A A Pendragon | Yes |
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Computed Similarity
The most similar nodes to Interfacing methods and standards are BIOS and Configure comm ports.
The most dissimilar node to Interfacing methods and standards is Communicate with customers.