On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Dave Crozier <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's not the "open source" bit at all that starts the alarm bells. I have > personally written lots profitable systems where they were all based on > open source MySQL etc etc. It's the word "ONLY" that sets me a quiver. The > inclusion of "non-proprietary software" along with this statement as well > as "hard-coding of specific "fields" should be avoided" says to me, as > Stephen has already muted that the system is so changeable that it will be > a never ending set of specifications or even worse, no specification at all > with the goal posts constantly moving. > > There are loads of proprietary systems that will do exactly what they want > but at a price, but that price that will be fixed upon a definite > requirement which doesn't seem to be intimated ... in other words they > don't know what it will look like or be when (if) they finish the project. > > A commercial solution would tie them down and make them think about their > requirements .... and it seems to me that is what they DON'T want to do, > preferring that the prospective developer(s) simply dance to their choice > .. as it changes. > > Maybe I am being a little harsh here, maybe not but nearly 40 years of > development experience has given me a fairly good nose for these type of > projects. Get into them and they can bleed you dry. I bet there is no > phased implementation plan in place either, you can be virtually certain > that it will be .... "finish it and you get paid, but we won't pay you in > phases". > > Beware... I see dead people....or projects.. lol! > > -------------- > All they want is : A. Data Warehouse 1. Custom ETL mapper for every site in state. 2. Staging of all data 3. Defining all Dim and Fact tables to create star based system 4. Define cubes to leverage star schema B. Presentation layer 1. Reports as needed. 2. Excel sheets from cubes to allow managers to mash up data against expectations of care 3. Dashboards for simple visual clues on centers doing well or needing assistance. 4. Dashboards for data streaming in as well as where process is at any time. C. HIPPA Compliance 1. Secure everything 2. Identify from hackers that data is secure 3. Keep an eye on the law to adjust system for changes from Washington, all apart of UCA, ACA, meltdown. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMYJk7r7_tyga6pi7E2g4+EoyW=SPyYoEOk8fUVm=mue...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
