IHE Testing and Tools Committee 2009-03-30 Teleconference Minutes

Attendees

• Lisa Carnahan
• Steve Moore
• Charles Parisot
• Eric Poiseau
• Rob Snelick
• Joan McMillen
• Chris Carr, RSNA

Minutes

1) Tools Development Planning with NIST

• Gazelle Plans

• January 2010 Connectathon to use Gazelle
• Eric's group (INRIA) to devote focused attention to test engine over the next few months

• Porting 600+ existing tests into test management framework will require time
• Critical task is to refine the test engine first to make population with test scripts possible (need to be defined in BPEL)
• Refactoring of Kudu tests will improve organization and efficiency, but again requires effort

• MIR has two engineer FTEs working on Gazelle (also performs Connectathon management and domain committee work/test plan development)
• INRIA has three FTEs working on Gazelle

• Eric currently applying for renewal of team's funding
• MIR contract renewal with HIMSS/RSNA under discussion: likely equivalent or slightly reduced support

• Plus management oversight by Eric and Steve (one FTE total)
• Delays have made it difficult for NIST to link up its simulation tools

• NIST Plans
• CCHIT and Cypress

2) Connectathon Process Guidelines

• Review updated draft of Connectathon QC guidelines and Sponsor requirements

3) Product Registry Development and Rollout

• Vendor input pilot
• User review pilot

4) Connectathon Monitor/Project Manager Training Event

• Date
• Location
• Cost
• Target Audience

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