Roadmap Project SubGroup 1

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 -
   • How to understand the customer needs and document them
   • How to trace the requirements to the end result (and back)

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)

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

3. Establish process for eliminating extant inconsistencies over time.