This page provides information about the project and expected timelines.
Tasks Required for UTG Go Live
Open Issues and Deficiencies in UTG Tooling
Executive Project Progress Report
Participating in UTG Content Testing
Participating in UTG Pilot Testing
Scope
The project scope statement (PSS) was approved by all co-sponsors at the San Antonio WGM the week of January 16, 2017. It was forwarded to FTSD for approval on January 20, 2017. The document may be directly downloaded from UTG PSS V1.
Project Milestones 2020
- Development Cycle 4 and System Test
- Development Cycle 4 dedicated to release-related development, educational and rollout materials, tooling fixes, and any requirements from February WGM
- First release of UTG content scheduled for end of March
- Perform limited pilot testing as proof of concept in April in preparation for May ballot ballot cycle
- Perform system testing in preparation for demo production rollout
Immediate Priority Timelines for Development Cycle 4 (2/8/20 - 5/16/20)
| Task | Timeline | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Identify UAT Testers for content testing | Sydney WGM | DONE - 4 content testers to participate (in addition to UTG team), more always welcome! |
| Create materials for content testing | Late-February | IN PROGRESS - see Participating in UTG Content Testing |
| Perform content testing | Early-March | |
| Identify May Ballot Submitters | Early-March | Craig Newman has submission |
| Clean up content per content testing results | Mid-March | |
| Publish Initial Release (2.0.0) of UTG Content | End of March | |
| Perform Tooling and Workflow Testing | Early-April | |
| Run Pilot for May ballot content | April-May |
If you are interested in testing UTG content, please see Participating in UTG Content Testing.
If you are interested in participating in the UTG Pilot testing, please see Participating in UTG Pilot Testing
See Tasks Required for UTG Go Live for a complete list of tasks that need to be completed prior to the May WGM.
Project Milestones 2019
- Development Cycle 1 and May WGM (complete)
- Complete harmonization functionality for demonstration at the WGM
- Includes Source of Truth, tooling, and workflow
- Development Cycle 2 and Alpha Testing (complete)
- Development Cycle 2 dedicated to submitter and reviewer workflows and any requirements from May WGM
- Alpha Testing to run alongside Development Cycle 2
- Harmonization utilizing UTG tooling and workflow to run alongside current Harmonization process
- Development Cycle 3 (complete)
- Development Cycle 3 dedicated to release-related development and any requirements from September WGM
- Complete final cleanup from Alpha Test
- Perform testing in preparation for demo in Sydney
Project Plan
The project plan is organized by the project milestones in the timeline above and includes a more detailed outline of the remaining tasks required to meet these milestones. The project plan can be downloaded from the Document Repository (named 'UTG Project Plan.xlsx).
Project Documents
UTG Project Implementation and Rollout Plan.pdf
Development Cycle 1 (May 2019 WGM)
A full list of tasks can be viewed in the project plan. Additional documentation supporting the tasks:
UTG Mif-Conversion Issues.docx
FHIR Extension Modifications for UTG.docx
Montreal Demo Materials:
UTG May 2019 WGM Demonstration.pdf
Development Cycle 2 (September 2019 WGM)
Slides from lunch demo on 9/18: UTG September ONC Demonstration.pdf
Summer Alpha Testing
Submitter test group: Riki Merrick, Sheila Abner and Kathleen Connor
Reviewer test group: Ted Klein, Jess Bota, Dave Hamill, Rob Hausam, Bryn Evans, Sandy Stuart, Brian Pech, Craig Newman, Scott Robertson, Alex Deleon, Joel Francis, Michael Stevens
Alpha Test Report: UTG Project Alpha Test Report.pdf
Development Cycle 3 (TSC Demo and February 2020 WGM)
Slides from TSC demo on 1/20: UTG TSC Demonstration.PPTX
Running List of Requirements to be Completed Prior to Production in 2020
- Way of dealing with the VERY long list of code systems (>1000) and value sets (>3000)