Re: [Health] ISO 25010 and GNU Health

[Axel Braun]

Morning Gents,

> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. August 2015 um 19:49 Uhr
> Von: "Luis Falcon" <address@hidden>
> An: "Iwan de Rooij" <address@hidden>
> Betreff: Re: [Health] ISO 25010 and GNU Health

> > Question mainly for Luis Falcon ,  but would like to hear experiences
> > from other people on the subject.
> > I am in the process of convincing certain stakeholders in the
> > ministry of health to switch to GNU health.
> > We are preparing a presentation and need some info.
> > If someone asked you how Gnu health stands related to the ISO 25010
> > quality standard, what would your answer be?
> > 
> My answer is, of course, quite subjective, but I feel that we're OK on
> their metrics (Functional Suitability, Maintainability, Usability
> Performance Efficiency, Security, Reliability, Compatibility,
> Portability).
> 
> When I talk about "we", I talk about GNU Health + Tryton + PostgreSQL +
> Python + GNU/Linux + all other FLOSS project that GNU Health relies on.

Fully agree with Luis.
Question is how the ISO standard can be fulfilled, and how important some of 
the measures (e.g. 4.1.3.3. - pleasure - degree to which a user obtains 
pleasure from fulfilling their personal needs) really are.

Without having (bought and) read it completely, it does not deal only with the 
software component, but as well with infrastructure aspects (Performance 
efficiency - not only a SW design measure) and the implementation project 
itself (e.g. requirements management, functional suitability). Many of the 
points look like common sense to me (which does not surprise if you look at 
other methodologies and guidelines, like Six Sigma).

> PS : One important metric that it should be added is "Freedom", and in
> that one, GNU Health is at the top.

Yes, freedom directly relates to Confidentiality, Modifiability, Reusability, 
Adaptability, Replaceability, ...., and , last but not least, freedom from risk 
and economic risk mitigation.

Best regards
Axel