Assignment

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: AGILE METHODOLGY
Date: 12.10.2021

Question:
At the end of their study program, students in a software engineering course are
typically expected to complete a major project. Explain how the agile
methodology may be very useful for the students to use in this case?
Solution:
The way I see it, Agile is the future and the skills learned in using it right are
valuable in the future (and they already are, though not all companies still use them
effectively).
Also, if taught right, the agile approaches will also make the project more
manageable to do. Working in small slices, a test at a time, is a good way to bite
into the problem, but it also requires that the students are taught those techniques in
their studies. You can learn them on your own, but I don’t think that would be
responsible education.
Sometime boxes to avoid scope creep and favor an iterative and incremental way
of developing,
Prototypes and frequent deliveries, even if they are just for the team to criticize and
evaluate, in order for feedback to be gathered for improvement.
AGILE:
Agile is a methodology for approaching software development. It consists of
different frameworks such as SCRUM or Kanban that help development teams
continuously build, test, and gather feedback on their product.
Agile consists of four core principles:
 Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
 Working software over comprehensive documentation
 Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
 Responding to change over following a plan
I will revisit these principles later and make more sense of them. In order to do so,
it’s important to take a step back and understand software development practices
that were previously used.
Benefits of Agile Project Management in Healthcare
Improving healthcare management processes requires a lot of work. But by putting
agile project management in place, you can commit to delivering better healthcare
solutions. With so many project management processes, such as the Kanban
methodology, now easily accessible to everyone, implementation of agile project
management is no longer that big of a challenge. If successfully executed, here are
some of the benefits of carrying out agile project management in healthcare.

1. Fosters Innovation
With the use of agile project management in healthcare, process improvements can
be easily achieved. With the growing demand for better health solutions and
medical services, it’s important for healthcare companies to innovate. Whether it’s
to improve their procedures of attending to patients, procuring medical supplies
and equipment, or handling manpower to ensure constant availability of medical
personnel, innovation is necessary. With the implementation of agile project
management, hospitals and healthcare-related companies can commit to
continuously improve or kaizen their procedures to be able to deliver quality
solutions to those in need.
2. Supports Point of Care Technology
As digital technology continues to give birth to better solutions to our daily life, it
only makes sense to also adopt new tools and innovations for enhancing the
delivery of healthcare services. To make it easier for medical personnel and
clinicians to improve their point of care documentation as well as patient care and
monitoring. Many computer and mobile applications are now made available for
both medical professionals and the public to improve the way healthcare services
are delivered. Through agile project management in healthcare, it will be easier for
professionals in the medical field to provide reliable services to their patients.
3. Enhances Communication
Clear communication lines are crucial in the medical field. With a better way to
communicate between doctors, nurses, medical technologists, pharmacists and
other professionals in a healthcare company, the easier it will be to pass on
important details between patients’ cases, primary care needs, health management,
and more. Agile healthcare fosters clear communication, which can help eliminate
unnecessary back and forth, shortening the time needed to deliver important
information about any specific medical case and shift the focus on what is
important.
4. Improves Response to Changes
With an agile team handling the healthcare operations, the cycle time between
tasks and projects can be shortened. To make the most of your manpower and
resources, one of your primary goals should be to continuously improve your
processes. And with agile project management, you get to improve how you
complete tasks and easily cope with the ever-changing demand in the industry. For
example, if you are looking into speeding up your emergency care services, you
might want to consider implementing the Kanban methodology to see to it that
workload is leveled across all stations in the emergency room. You can also assign
someone to be the flow manager to make sure that your medical personnel is
properly redirected wherever they are needed. This can help you make sure that
you are providing quality healthcare services and addressing the concerns of your
emergency patients as soon as possible.
5. Implements Clear Key Metrics
How do you measure your healthcare team’s effectiveness in responding to
patient’s needs? To help you understand how well your team is doing and to
understand what your room for improvements are, it’s important to set clear goals
and key metrics for your team. All of your team members, no matter what their
function is, should know what is expected of them when it comes to productivity.
These key metrics should be transparent and clear so it’s essential that your team
has taken time to discuss this firsthand. As a part of your agile project management
in healthcare, you must plan these key metrics and involve your whole team in the
planning. This way, everyone is in agreement and are clear of what they need to
meet and why the key metrics you have were set as they are.
6. Empowers Team to be Self-Organized
To maintain constant productivity and to guarantee the same level of service 24/7,
healthcare facilities should see to it that their medical teams are enabled to be self-
organizing. To do this, it’s important to invest in the skills and capabilities of each
of your team members. They should be able to rely on their own knowledge and
experience in medical operations so that they can make sound decisions without
having to consult their supervisors constantly, unless otherwise necessary. With a
self-organized team, you can rest assured that your medical staff can maintain
normal operations at all times.
7. Supports Sharing of Insights and Resources
The good thing about the implementation of agile project management in
healthcare companies is that data is given utmost importance. This is why everyone
in the team must be encouraged to gather and share insights and data to help
improve the overall operations and hospital management process. Sharing these
resources with everyone across the team is crucial, especially if it can help improve
how quality healthcare solutions can be implemented. To do this, you can take
advantage of the capabilities of a virtual Kanban board to easily record files,
references and resource links to share with everyone in the team.
8. Boosts Focus on Quality Output
Overall, the goal of using agile project management in healthcare systems is
quality. By planning your processes and key metrics, training and preparing your
team, creating sound and informed decisions and investing your resources to
implement efficient processes, you can empower your team to deliver quality
healthcare services to patients across all sectors, be it clinical consultations,
emergency, and intensive care, medical laboratory operations, and facility
sanitation.
Use Case Diagram of Healthcare
This Use Case Diagram is a graphic depiction of the interactions among the
elements of Health Care Appointment System. It represents the methodology used
in system analysis to identify, clarify, and organize system requirements of Health
Care Appointment System. The main actors of Health Care Appointment System
in this Use Case Diagram are: Super Admin, System User, Patient, Anonymous
Users, who perform the different type of use cases such as Manage Health Care,
Manage Booking, Manage Appointment, Manage Customer, Manage Medicine,
Manage Test, Manage Fees, Manage Users and Full Health Care Appointment
System Operations. Major elements of the UML use case diagram of Health Care
Appointment System are shown on the picture below.
The relationships between and among the actors and the use cases of Health
Care Appointment System:
Super Admin Entity: Use cases of Super Admin are Manage Health Care,
Manage Booking, Manage Appointment, Manage Customer, Manage Medicine,
Manage Test, Manage Fees, Manage Users and Full Health Care Appointment
System Operations.
System User Entity: Use cases of System User are Manage Health Care, Manage
Booking, Manage Appointment, Manage Customer, Manage Medicine, Manage
Test, Manage Fees.
Patient Entity: Use cases of Patient are Request for Appointments, Check
Appointments, Make Payments, Search Doctors, Check Prescriptions.
Anonymous Users Entity: Use cases of Anonymous Users are View Information,
Fill Contact Us, Search Content
Conclusion
During these critical times, wherein healthcare facilities are expected to perform to
the best of their abilities, it’s essential for medical teams to exercise constant
vigilance to efficiently deliver reliable healthcare solutions to the public.

Name : SARATHI R
Reg No. : URK20CS1081