HI-600: Analysis and Design of Health Information Systems

Implementation IPrograming, Testing, and Documentation

MANAGING THE PROGRAMMING PROCESS

• Assigning programming tasks• Experience/skills based assignment• Small size groups

• Coordinating activities• Ongoing communication• Setting standards• Distinct work areas: development/testing/production• Change control

• Managing programming schedule• Continuously refining estimates• Scoop creep• Knowing your risks

TESTING• Costly down-times or failures vs adequate

testing• How much does an hour of down-time

cost?

Test Planning

Each function/module is tested separately

Test Types

DEVELOPING DOCUMENTATION• System Documentation (by-Product of

SDLC)• User Documentation• Online documentation

– Ease of searching– Enables many formats– Cost effective

• Types of user documentation– Reference documents– Procedural manuals– Tutorials

Designing Documentation Structure

Writing Documentation Topics

Identifying Navigation Terms• User interface commands• Major concepts of the system (e.g., data

entities)• Business tasks • Synonyms of the above three

SUMMARY• Managing programming• Task assignments• Coordination• Schedule management

• Testing• Test Plan • Test Types: unit tests, integration tests, system

tests, and acceptance tests• User Documentation