New Work Item Proposal process
It is undetermined how many new work items we will be able to pick up in any quarter. This will depend on the progression of our current workload. The (virtual) face-to-face meetings are our milestone transition points, and thus the time we pick new work items to work on.
New Work Item proposals can be submitted starting with a brief proposal template for a new IHE Profile and/or White Paper to be considered for development by ITI.
Submit your proposal as an email to the ITI Planning Committee co-chairs.
- What is the interoperability problem? Describe the use case, and the need for a solution. Describe why the current situation is not good.
- How is the situation better if the problem were fixed? How is a successful solution better? Do NOT describe your technical solution, focus on the outcome of the better solution.
- If known, What specific standards could be used to solve the problem.
- If possible, give some indication of the business case for solving the problem (e.g., quantify the cost).
It is strongly recommended that the proposal includes the name of an editor for the proposal should it be selected for development.
ITI uses continuous development of work items. You can find the current ITI work item lists on the ITI Dashboard
Once received, some email discussions will be used to refine the proposal to meet the above description of a proper proposal.
- during a monthly ITI Planning decision meeting the brief proposal discussed and is placed in "Under assessment by Planning". Further refinement may be needed if the ITI Planning committee can't come to an understanding of what the problem is or what the needs are.
- If this work item is selected by ITI Planning, it goes in the "Planning assessed work item" list for technical evaluation.
- ITI Planning will evaluate the prioritization relative to other proposals. This will include an assessment of the expected complexity.
- After each Technical meeting, depending on the workload, ITI Technical Committee decides to pick, for development, work items from this list; these selected work items go then in the "current development list".