Sprint 7
Alpha version 3
Based on user research insights and business requirements from the OAM team in sprint 6, the v3 prototype included:
- redesigned homepage content
- EPR application capabilities (from DCF Excel) organised and filterable by the original 8 categories
- additional filters for care setting and status (core, transformation, innovation)
- keyword search function in listings not at top of page (working with filters as a form of advanced search)
- links to related DCF user stories from each application capability
- DCF user stories searchable using the same 8 categories and filters (for a consistent user experience)
- Tools and resources page (placeholder tools and content to be developed in sprint 8)
Alignment to OAM
The team’s technical architects focused on delivering, for alpha:
- candidate lists of business capabilities, processes and other entities relating to secondary care - from existing sources where possible
- analysis of the ‘anatomy’ of user stories, and how component elements mapped to OAM
- recommendations for how user stories could be created and validated through the OAM once it was sufficiently populated
Guidance and tools
The design team’s focus shifted away from information architecture and taxonomy development to usability, content design and derived products. This was the original intent following the discovery, but had been superseded by the requirement to align DCF to OAM. The alpha prototype is an interstitial development platform that supports future alignment as OAM develops.
Contextual research with two trusts planning to merge (mental health and community) directly informed this work. Research identified ‘EPR convergence or replacement as part of a merger’ as an increasingly common scenario that DCF could and should support.