Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
User Requirement Specifications
Conduct business study to
collect functional
requirements and constrains
Te st applicability of new
design/processes to rework
functional requirements
Apply feedback to
conceptual design and
rework design parameters
Develop conceptual design
identifying design parameters
Produce system prototype to
elaborate on process
variables
Apply feedback to prototype
and rework the process
variables
Communicate business case,
conceptual design, &
prototype to users
Analyze the user feedback
Figure 13.5
Top-down bottom-up work flow for developing set of user requirement specifications.
13.4.1 business Study
Two teams, one in Sri Lanka and the other in Tamil Nadu, engaged in this
process where team members were a mix of health domain professionals
and technology professionals. The Indian team comprised members from
the National Centre for Biological Sciences and the Indian Institute of
Technology-Chennai's Rural Technology and Business Incubator. The team
in Sri Lanka comprised members from Sarvodaya Shramadana Society, Post
Graduate Institute of Medicine, and LIRNE
asia
.
Each team discussed the RTBP with the national-, state-, and district-level
health officials. At the same time, they learned of the present disease sur-
veillance and notification systems that are functioning. Through this con-
sultation process the teams developed a set of reference content (notes). The
document, known as the Preliminary Business Study, was communicated to
all the project partners.
13.4.2 Conceptual Design
Each partner was provided with an agenda to define the conceptual design
for their technology and process contributions. A partner planning meeting
