Requirements Laboratory

Defining functional requirements – describing how an information system should support your work – is the most important step in developing or acquiring any information system. The Institute applies a facilitated collaborative approach to developing requirements for public health information systems – our Collaborative Requirements Development Methodology (CRDM)™. Through the CRDM, the Institute assists public health agencies in analyzing the tasks and processes performed; defining better ways to perform those processes; and describing the requirements for the ways that information systems should support that work.

Collaborative Requirements Development Methodology

Click here to view a nine- minute animated introductory walk-through of the Institute´s Collaborative Requirements Development Methodology^TM.

The walk-through will show you how the CRDM enables you to:

• Use proven process analysis tools and methods to understand and document your workflows;
• Re-design your tasks to eliminate inefficiencies and redundancy;
• Effectively describe the ways in which information systems should support your work.

Projects Include: