The CoZAS project yielded a number of process improvements, and also new additional components, that have been re-used in other initiatives within the DCMNR.
Key process improvements that have subsequently been leveraged in other successful projects include:
· DSDM (Dynamic systems development methodology) – this places emphasis on the prioritisation of requirements with the users, using the “MoSCoW” (Must, Should, Could, Won’t) method of prioritisation
· Prototyping – a full scale static prototype was signed off by the users prior to development. The prototype allowed the users to understand better (than compared to documentation, for example) the expected delivery of the project
· Timeboxing – this concept allowed the delivery of improvements as and when they had been developed and tested by the users, meaning that the benefits of such new functionality were delivered quicker to users (than would be the case using a “big bang” approach at the end of, say, the Waterfall methodology.
Key functionality that is being re-used include:
· The continued re-use of the J2EE framework in other projects, and a rich set of components built thereon
· The creation of a simplified, generic, method of applying online on the internet for permissions that are granted by the DCMNR
· An improved document management component, enabling users to store and directly link the various supporting documentation that is ongoing with the consideration and granting of a licence
· The ability to track public submissions, and expert recommendations and other forms of consultation that were gone through in consideration of the application.
· An accessible tool, to novice users, to allow capture and editing of geographical areas on digital mapping that can be linked directly to an application/licence, in turn allowing users and senior management to visualise using background mapping the potential environmental impact of the application and licence in the coastal area and its neighbouring activities
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