Informatics Analysis

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Informatics Analysis

• Case Study

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Public health and informatics
Requires
Systems thinking!
MORE THAN TECHNOLOGY!
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Requires
Systems thinking!
There is more than one way to approach this
analysis
Who?What?When?Where?Why?How?
How well?
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Zachman Framework
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Popkin/Zachman Framework
http//government.popkin.com/frameworks/zachman_gr
id.htm
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A review!
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Steps to analysis

• Getting started
• Current status
• Goal/vision
• Transition to implementation

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Getting started

• Determine scope, objectives
• Determine approach/methodology
• Identify project team
• Develop project workplan
• Obtain commitment/resources

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Current status where are we today?

• Organizational structure
• Document organizational goals and objectives
• Preliminary functional business model
• A function is any set of actions performed in the
  course of conducting business
• A function is defined by its parts
• Functiontaskprocessactivity

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Current status where are we today?

• Organizational structure
• Gather recent organizational charts
• (including originating and partner organizations)
• Department names and location
• Peoples titles/position
• Peoples names and contact information
• Reporting lines (direct and indirect)
• Number of people in department
• Indicate relationships between organizational
  units

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Current status where are we today?

• Document organizational goals and objectives
• Review organizational goals and objectives
• Determine organizational critical success factors
• Identify any political or controversial factors
• Produce report of findings for review and
  confirmation by administration

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Current status where are we today?

• Preliminary functional business model
• Include all domains (major functional area)
  within organizational structure
• Divide each functional area into its subfunctions
  (important to take time and careful notes when
  conducting this step)
• Decompose functions using an iterative process
  until all functional areas and connected
  sub-functions are identified
• Examine functions to determine if a new
  categorization or hierarchy of the functional
  business model appears to better describe the
  functions
• Use an iterative process with team and
  stakeholders to determine if new functional
  business model

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Current status Lab Information Flow Example
IDPH Laboratory
Tomines, 2004
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Goal and Vision what needs to change?

• Review functional analysis
• Identify and interview/survey all stakeholders
• Analyze information gained to identify
  significant findings and opportunities
• Develop project goal and vision
• Review project goals and vision with all
  participants

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Goal and Vision Lab Info Flow
Tomines, 2004
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Transition to Implementation what needs to
happen?

• Meet with stakeholders to discuss project
  implementation
• Develop appropriate sequence of actions
• Systems/applications that create data should be
  developed before systems/applications that use
  data
• Develop a plan for conversion from existing to
  new system
• Maintain project monitoring

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Working groupsInformatics Analysis