[ale] [OT] AJC Article on State Welfare System

[Jonathan Glass]

At 11:37 AM 8/26/2002 -0400, Stuffed Crust wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 11:38:55AM -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > OK, well, along those lines, do we need to start with the user
> > interface?  Some have already suggested (by way of implication) a Web
>
>No.  Even the UI is several stages beyond where we are now.
>
>To build the UI, you need to know what data will be represented; what
>actions will be performed on the data, and that sort of thing.
>
>You need to know the _purpose_ for the system, and what it intends to
>accomplish.  You need a system specification, or rather, a functional
>spec of the system.  Something along these lines:
>
>  This system shall:
>
>    Allow case workers to be able to pull up the following information:
>      name, date of birth, current address, and the current pollen count
>    Every administrative action shall be be logged and permenantly
>      attached to the case record.
>    etc etc etc
>
>  - Pizza


And the only way to get that is to ask the state for their 
requirements.  They've drawn up enough information to allow 3 or 4 bids, 
surely that information is in the public record somewhere?

Jonathan


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