# Presentation: 685971

## The Future of Innovation from the Field - 182

- _Main Presentation_
- Ben Davoren (San Francisco VAMC)
- Nancy Wilck (CHIO)

- _Content Collaborators_
- Keith Cox (OED)
- Jim Demetriades (CHIO)
- Catherine Pfeil (OED)
- Clinton Latimer (San Francisco VAMC)
- Eric Raffin (Field Operations)
- Pat Mauseth (Field Operations)

## Motivation for Innovation Sandbox

- VA has rich history of field contribution to software portfolio
- VA firmly committed to continuing tradition of collaborative and innovative development
- IDMC commissioned study to explore opportunities
- IDMC also has desire to introduce more rigorous process for software standardization and quality assurance

## IDMC Sandbox Guidance 	

- Supports innovation for VistA and future systems
- Clinical domain innovation is sought; however any/all innovation is welcome
- Initial participation will be limited to VA staff.  In the future, any qualified individual, organization or group (e.g. IHS, academic institutions, vendors) may contribute

## Sandbox Products

- Sandbox end products may vary (e.g., written ideas, functional requirements, designs, running code)
- All products produced from the sandbox are considered a form of requirements
- Uses the existing HISEB and IDMC review and prioritization process
- Makes software contributions available to the entire enterprise software base

## Agreements

- VHA will establish and manage the governance process
- OI&T will:
- provide and operate the sandbox environment
- provide technical consulting services on an as-requested basis to teams
- publish authoritative software design conformance criteria (e.g., data, interface, component design, security)

## Principles		

- Broad participation will be encouraged through establishment of minimal entrance requirements
- Everything is in the open with opportunity for continuous review, comment and further modification
- Failures are expected and accepted as a cost of being innovative

## What the Sandbox can produce

- Running code
- Prototypes
- Design templates and models
- Business requirements
- Great suggestions
- All products will be assessed for business value and if production code results, it will be installed nationwide.
- The IDMC will determine whether *software use* will be mandatory or optional.

## Sandbox Overview

- The innovation sandbox environment is comprised of three key elements:
- a Marketplace;
- Storefronts; and
- Software development sandboxes

## Innovation Marketplace

- A virtual space used to exchange ideas and freely collaborate on the advancement of VHA systems
- A portal open to all

## Marketplace Functions

- News updates
- Project directories
- General discussion boards
- Subscription services
-  mail lists, RSS feeds, etc
- Participant registration services
- Request for storefront
- Innovation metrics
- project counts, activity, popularity
- Libraries
- technical, procedures, policy

## Innovation Storefronts

- A dedicated virtual space offering items or services to the community that relate to a specific aspect of VHA systems
- A collection of innovation storefronts comprises an *innovation marketplace*

## Storefront Functions

- Project related:
- News updates, blogs
- Focused discussion boards
- Project sign-up service
- Issues, wants, bugs and other lists
- Subscription services
-  mail lists, RSS feeds, etc
- Libraries
- user, technical and other specific documents

## Innovation Sandbox

- A virtual space in which VHA software can be developed, evaluated and unit tested before being made generally available
- A development space associated with one or more *innovation storefronts*

## Sandbox Functions

- Fully provisioned as a development environment
- Source code control
- Bug tracking
- Consultation services
- Testing utilities

## Innovation Sandbox Process Flow

## Status

- Draft Concept of Operations (CONOPS) will be briefed to IDMC in September
- IDMC will be asked to approve CONOPS and fund a pilot during FY08
- ESMs/HISEBs will be asked to help select candidate pilot projects
- Pilot expected to run one year; formal assessment will provide improvement feedback loop

## Discussion	

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- Supplemental Materials

## Innovation Sandbox Process Flow

- Idea

- Register via
-  Marketplace
- and Storefront

- Sandbox
- Assignment
- Logic

- Innovate

- OI&T
- Provision
- Sandbox

- OI&T
- Consultation

- Self
- Certification

- Business Value
- Assessment
- (w/NSR Team)

- OI&T
- Assessment
- OED & OPS

- IDMC
- Consideration

- OI&T Services
- Stage & Field
- Testing

- OI&T
- Release
- Process

- Production
- Code

- It all starts with an idea!

## Innovation Sandbox Process Flow

- Idea

- Register via
-  Marketplace
- and Storefront

- Sandbox
- Assignment
- Logic

- Innovate

- OI&T
- Provision
- Sandbox

- OI&T
- Consultation

- Self
- Certification

- Business Value
- Assessment
- (w/NSR Team)

- OI&T
- Assessment
- OED & OPS

- IDMC
- Consideration

- OI&T Services
- Stage & Field
- Testing

- OI&T
- Release
- Process

- Production
- Code

- First stop is the Marketplace to see if others have discussed your idea.
- If so, a quick check of the storefront directory is next. If a project already exists, then great, you can join it!
- If it’s a new idea, you can talk it up on a general discussion board or if you are inspired, request a new storefront.

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