Holistic Design

The holistic design approach considers the larger Child Welfare ecosystem in which the product exists, and the relationships between functional areas of the product. With holistic design, milestones will be grouped into Process Areas, so that reviews of the CWS-CARES system are conducted in the context of overall business processes.
Holistic design allows the Product Team to:
  • Identify dependencies across business areas, design, downstream requirements, and user feedback earlier.
  • Conduct analyses across business areas to reduce the likelihood of unexpected findings earlier.
  • Gather Core Constituent feedback earlier and at multiple stages of design and build reviews.
  • Streamline the user experience with a holistic view of all needs within a process area.
With holistic design, Core Constituents are being involved in the pre-build review of a larger portion of the system. The Product Team demonstrates how the system would function and can gather feedback prior to building the system, making it easier to address feedback.