@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Good user stories will capture 3 parts:
43432 . _ What_ - what do they hope to achieve via the solution?
44443 . _ Why_ - why is this desire important? What are the business implications?
4545
46- If you capture these 3 elements, user stories can b ean effective way of
46+ If you capture these 3 elements, user stories can be an effective way of
4747detailing integration requirements and starting discussions at your organization
4848about which requirements are priority.
4949
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ about which requirements are priority.
5757 from the district clinic electronic medical record system with the national
5858 DHIS2 health information system, so that I can securely and automatically
5959 report on health outcomes for key indicators in my district.
60- - ** Kobo Toolbox - MSSQL Database:** As a M&E manager, I want to monitor Kobo
61- Toolbox survey responses in a central database in real-time, so that I can
60+ - ** KoboToolbox - MSSQL Database:** As a M&E manager, I want to monitor
61+ KoboToolbox survey responses in a central database in real-time, so that I can
6262 better understand data collection activities and program performance across my
6363 research partner sites.
6464
6565## 2. Diagram the business process
6666
6767Once the user stories have been identified, start to document the functional
6868processes that are in place (or will need to be implemented) in order to achieve
69- the desired requirments . These might be automated or human/manually-driven
69+ the desired requirements . These might be automated or human/manually-driven
7070processes. This is the precursor step to mapping out the data flow (which
7171details the technical steps for how connections will be made and data exchanged
7272between systems). Again, process mapping is _ business analysis_ –not a technical
@@ -76,16 +76,13 @@ For example, if you want to exchange information between your organization and
7676another... how might this exchange work from a functional point of view? _ What_
7777information will be exchanged? With _ whom_ (between which systems or users)?
7878_ When_ will the information be exchanged? And what are the human or automation
79- steps that should facilitate and trigger this exchange? These business process
80- questions are discussed in more detail on the
81- [ So, what is an integration?] ( /documentation/tutorials/tutorial/ ) page.
79+ steps that should facilitate and trigger this exchange?
8280
83- ::: tip
81+ :::tip Capture the current & desired process
8482
85- Capture the current & desired process Document _ current and desired_ business
86- processes in order to determine how information should be exchanged between your
87- organization/system/users and others, and to ensure alignment of expectations
88- and assumptions across partners.
83+ Document _ current and desired_ business processes in order to determine how
84+ information should be exchanged between your organization/system/users and
85+ others, and to ensure alignment of expectations and assumptions across partners.
8986
9087:::
9188
@@ -125,10 +122,10 @@ Once the business processes are documented, start to document the specific data
125122elements to be exchanged. This exercise requires a lot of specificity to detail
126123the individual "fields" or "attributes" to be exchanged.
127124
128- The output of this exerice is a ` Data Element Mapping Specification ` , which will
129- serve as (1) documentation of the specific data elements agreed to be exchanges,
130- as well as (2) a guide for how to translate meaning between partners and systems
131- (e.g., ` client ` in one system might mean ` patient ` in another).
125+ The output of this exercise is a ` Data Element Mapping Specification ` , which
126+ will serve as (1) documentation of the specific data elements agreed to be
127+ exchanged, as well as (2) a guide for how to translate meaning between partners
128+ and systems (e.g., ` client ` in one system might mean ` patient ` in another).
132129
133130If your organization already has a data management or sharing agreement, this
134131might be the perfect starting point for identifying the specific data points to
@@ -197,5 +194,5 @@ solution, as well as memorialize the business decisions and agreements made by
197194implementing partners.
198195
199196Share this documentation with any technical implementation team, or check out
200- the [ Build] ( /documentation/ build/workflows ) documentation section to learn how
201- to implement these design specifications using OpenFn.
197+ the [ Build] ( /build/workflows.md ) documentation section to learn how to implement
198+ these design specifications using OpenFn.
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