Union Hospital Software Upgrade Project

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Union Hospital Software Upgrade Project

• Team 8

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Team Members

• Joshua Hertz (PL)
• Requirements Group
• Mike Tryczak (L)
• Josh Hertz
• Testing Group
• Ian Price (L)
• Jeff Kelly

• Programming Group
• Brett Dymond (L)
• Jeremy Jarvis
• Steve Montgomery

PL Project Leader L Group Leader
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Road Map

• Project Description
• Risks
• Testing Methodology
• Initial Roadblocks
• Lessons Learned
• Progress Summary

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Project Description

• Software Used to Calculate Radiation Doses
• Upgrade Rendered Software Unusable
• New Scripting Language
• Set of 5 Macros for Lotus 123
• Software Repair Costs 30k
• Replacement Software costs 10-15k
• A Typical Project

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Risks

• Peoples Lives are in Our Hands
• Thorough Testing/Disclaimer Form
• Understanding Lotus 123
• Product Life Span
• Off Campus Client

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Cartoon of the Day
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The Macros

• Isocentric Calculation
• SSD Calculation
• OAR Calculation
• Electron Calculation
• Checksum Calculation
• Never Directly Used

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Requirements

• User Interface
• Users
• Changes to Each Macro
• Output Should Not Change

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Testing

• Especially important in our project
• Vital that softwares calculations are correct
• Comparative testing
• Test against output of original software

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Test Program

• Intro
• What it does
• Why it was made
• Capabilities
• Language
• Simplistic
• Scripting
• Timer events
• Control Functions
• Entries
• Demonstration

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Initial Problems

• Off Campus Client
• Face to Face Contact Difficult
• Many Points of Contact
• Slow to Receive Necessary Software/Hardware
• Lotus 123 Learning Curve

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Lessons

• Maintain Constant Contact with Client
• Explain and Verify any Artifact Requests
• Dont Double Document

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Progress Summary

• Late, but on Target
• Significant Progress in the Last Week
• Milestones Completed
• Requirements
• Testing Plan
• Facts Figures
• 63.5 Hours Worked
• 41 Hours in Meetings (64.5)

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Questions