Software development of healthcare systems

The involvement of essential staff such as nurses to provide feedback during the development of the software is a key consideration for the health information systems development process. The systems development life cycle (SDLC) is one of the ways to deliver such systems that address the needs of the organization. SDLC has a variety of models of which Agile model forms part of. Other models include the waterfall model, iterative model, spiral model and V-shaped model. The Agile model of software development encompasses the development of the software through a collaborative process which among others incorporates face-to-face communications, flexibility to change in the design of the systems even at late stage of development and customer satisfaction (Flood et al. , Chary, A.