Short Course Description
Writing Testable and Verifiable User Requirements
How much money do you waste purchasing instruments and systems that either fail to meet expectation or do not work? The primary reason for this is that the definition of user requirements has not been done at all or has been rushed resulting in a failure to understand and specify what exactly is required to meet user needs. This short course is intended to teach a methodology for specifying the user needs of the instrument and software elements that will enable selection of the most appropriate system and end user testing to meet business and / or regulatory (e.g. GLP or GMP) needs.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Why Bother to Write a User Requirements Specification (URS)?
Importance of the URS in various life cycle models
- Different Ways to Write User Requirements: advantages and disadvantages of each?
- Scope of a URS
Instrument
Software
Hardware
Regulatory considerations
- Defining Requirements Workshops
Testable and Verifiable requirements — what does this mean?
Defining and reviewing requirements for an instrument
Defining and reviewing requirements for software functions
- Traceability of Requirements
- How Much is Enough? When does a URS become a Functional Specification?
Attendees
Scientists and automation engineers working on automation projects
Scientists working on computerised system projects
Course Fee:
US $500/$600* |
Course Format:
Lecture |
Class Limit:
40 |
Instructors:
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Robert D. McDowall, Ph.D.
McDowall Consulting
Bromley, Kent
United Kingdom |
Bob McDowall is an analytical chemist with over 30 years experience and 20 years experience of LIMS and electronic working. Bob edited the first book on LIMS and has published extensively on the subject with over 60 published papers and more than 50 workshops on the subject run at international symposia and meetings. The LIMS Institute in recognition of his input to the subject and teaching presented him the 1997 LIMS Award. He is Principal of McDowall Consulting and was Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Surrey, UK from 1991 to 2001.
* higher fee applies to those who are not SLAS members
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