Chapter 11

Capstone Case: New Century Wellness Group

Description:

New Century Wellness Group offers a holistic approach to healthcare with an emphasis on preventive medicine as well as traditional medical care. In your role as an IT consultant, you will help

New Century develop a new information system.

Background

You completed the systems design for the business support system at New Century Wellness Group. The network will include a server, 27 workstations, and five network printers. The partners at the clinic have approved the design specification, and you hired two programmers, Bill Miller and Celia Goldring, to assist you with the programming and testing of the new system. You now are ready to finish the software development and begin installation, testing, and evaluation of the new system. Before you begin, you should review the DFDs, object-oriented diagrams, ERDs, and table designs that you prepared during systems analysis and systems design.

Tasks

1. What application development methods will you use? Explain your answer. What development tools will help your team finish the business support system and how will you use them?

2. Prepare a structure chart that shows the main program functions for the New Century system.

3. Develop a testing plan for the new system that addresses unit, integration, and system testing. Design the test data, and explain the design.

4. Identify the specific groups who will need training on the new system. For each group, describe the type of training you recommend and list the topics to be covered.