Roadmap Project SubGroup 1

From HL7 TSC

Members

Ed Tripp, Woody Beeler, Gregg Seppala, John Quinn, Charlie McCay

Mini Mail List: Edward Tripp <edward.tripp@estripp.com>, Charlie McCay <charlie@ramseysystems.co.uk>, Gregg Seppala <gregg.seppala@gmail.com>, Woody Beeler <woody@beelers.com>, John Quinn <john.f.quinn@accenture.com>, "Karen Van Hentenryck (HL7)" <karenvan@hl7.org>

Near term assigned task

• Were assigned Strategic Initiatives 2 and 4 in TSC Smart Objectives for Strategic Initiatives (Caution: The format of this document is "fragile" and Word will restructure it if you attempt to change the bullet lists.)
• Meet in between Roadmap Committee meetings; meet twice before April.
• Come up with 3-4 SMART objective per Strategic Initiative
  • SMART is: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, trackable

SI 2. Streamline the HL7 standards development process

Description

Optimize HL7 internal processes to more effectively deliver global and realm-specific standards particularly in response to new "customer" requirements.

SMART Objectives

Initial topic list for SMART objectives:

1. Process and quality improvement
   • Enhance ability to quickly develop low-error "output" products
   • Configuration management in development process

2. Requirements and traceability -
   • Establish a template and an underlying methodology that enables tracing requirements to/from a "product" by peer review by January 2011 WGM
     • Analysis of the relationships between requirements and solutions
     • Define information content to match that analysis
     • Establish process for collecting and publishing the data

3. Templates -
   • Finish the definition of templates and position them relative to (in contrast to) full-blown "domain-topic" specification.

SI 4. Define an overarching and internally consistent interoperability framework

Description

Maximize design reuse by ensuring consistency of models across HL7 specifications

SMART Objectives

Initial topic list for SMART objectives:

1. Identify and "manage" inconsistency within a product "family" and between families (CDA, messages, services)
   • Convene meetings of SOA, SD and Domain work groups to identify potential information overlaps
     • Identify information overlaps in current products
       • Extract formal information models (including vocabulary bindings) for overlapping content
       • Compare information models for inconsistencies
     • Identify potential information overlaps in future products
       • Review plans for requirements
       • Document information overlaps
   • Document instances where information models for current products conflict and define projects to resolve
     • Decide which product must change to resolve conflict based on normative status and market penetration
     • Responsible work group to create project plan and schedule work

2. Set Architecture to use "common" models for all three families

3. Establish process for eliminating extant inconsistencies over time.