Assignment:
Sandia Medical Devices (SMD) and New Mexico Health Systems (NMHS) are developing the system jointly. Project class will include analysts, designers, and programmers from both organizations. Three technical staff members from each organization have been assigned initially, and the budget includes sufficient funds to add other personnel for short term assignments as needed. In additions NMHS will assign a physician and a physician's assistant to the project one day per week. It is anticipated that SMD personnel assigned to the project will work primarily at SMHS facilities in office space and with computer equipment dedicated to developing the Real-Time Glucose Monitoring (RTGM) system. NMHS anticipates recruiting a handful of its own diabetic employees to provide requirements and to test the prototype RTGM software. SMD and NMHS anticipate a six-month development schedule for an initial version of the server software and Android-based client-side software. That will be followed by a three-month period for evaluation and another three-month period for development of improved software versions and support for a wider range of mobile phone operating systems.
Answer these questions:
Q: Medical personnel at NMHS have very busy schedules. NMHS's decision to assign two medical practitioners to the project for one day a week represents a significant investment in salary and lost revenue - How should project iterations be structured to ensure rapid progress to completion, high quality, and efficient use of medical practitioner time?