Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
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Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Consequences of a healthcare organization NOT involving nurses in SDLC stages 
There are five phases of the SDLC. Still, the process can include seven to nine steps, and for the seven expanded phases, these are planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance. If the nurses are not involved in the planning phase, they will poorly understand the system and programs. Yet, nurses are among the end-users who need to use the system frequently and know the requirements (Ehrler, Lovis, & Blondon, 2019). Adequate funding, training, and management support for the technology system and the IT infrastructure are essential for health information system implementation success.
The analysis phase represents gathering specific detail for the new system, including allocating resources in the project. If not involved, nurses may not fully appreciate the project’s impact and its limitations. System design is necessary to determine how programs will function and the user interface. Failing to involve nurses affects the actual development and lacking an understanding of the program functions and usability (Lee, 2016). The development phase reflects the stage where most of the software development takes place, and in a small team, one or few programmers are involved, but there are many teams in large projects. The nurse may fail to understand the functionalities of the new system and how the system will be implemented if they are not involved.
Testing helps detect unknown problems and fix bugs to ensure the program and system works as intended and testing is done internally before public testing. If nurses are not involved in testing and retesting until the functionality is 100%, they would likely lack knowledge of how to deal with errors and identify what affects the system’s reliability. After passing the testing stage, the target users are ready for implementation, and nurses would not know the correct configurations, installation, and integration. Maintenance occurs after the system has been released and additional features added to maintain the intended functionality.
Potential Issues at each stage of the SDLC and addressing the...