Week 6

Student: Prajwal Poudel

During this week, I was trying to comprehend the technical and methodological basis of the development of hospital-based data gathering and personnel search system. My main intention was to examine the structure of such systems in the real world and what are the academic frameworks which we can use to shape our thinking. The second step that I took was to go through the Google Scholar literature regarding healthcare systems and software project approaches. One of the most useful sources was an exploration of case study approaches and application of Delphi technique in gathering requirements. These sources have allowed me to learn how to construct a legitimate user-centered system but also the approach that our team should take relating to the implementation of a waterfall model but altered. Also, I helped the team with the preliminary design discussion and paid attention to the structure of the database and the essential characteristics to consider in our system (e.g. searchable staff page, survey form, in-room service tracking). To understand what work breakdown in Trello is, we considered such modules as login, data entry, and admin functions, which will be used to create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) later. It was also discussed in the team meeting about incorporating feedback mechanisms in the design as well as readiness to undergo usability testing later in the semester. I suggested that we should align our testing and evaluation plan with Software Quality Model proposed by McCall and paying attention to the points of usability, performance, and reliability. On the whole, this week shed some light on the evidence-based method we are going to adopt concerning development. It also provided a basis of documentation, technology selection along with future module planning by means of transparent methodology.

— Prajwal poudel