Overveld MJLC van ,
Fischer JC ,
Steinberger PE ,
Uitert S van
43 p
in Dutch
1993
Toon Nederlands
English Abstract The purpose of RIKWIN is to provide guidelines for the
quality of information systems. The third phase of this project comprised
the activity of implementing the guidelines in a laboratory. The laboratory
for Toxicology (TOX) was selected as a trial laboratory. The project chosen
was a small automated system for log-function measurement on small animals.
Implementing the guidelines in this laboratory showed that the RIKWIN report
is written to be useful for people with knowledge concerning structured
building and structured upkeep of information systems. In practice this
knowledge is not always available. However, RIKWIN was not designed to
replace good education in information technology. The RIKWIN report proved
to be useful as a checklist. It can help to show the existing quality of a
system. SOP's often fail just in this aspect, they may provide a good way
to use a system, but they fail to provide evidence of quality to outside
observers. Many regulations proved to exist, but were simply not (yet)
written down. The laboratory thought that the RIKWIN report was less useful
than it might have been: * The system was developed by personnel that was
not explicitly educated in information technology. * The division in
aspects and objects is not logical. There is no distinction between aspects
that are directly related to the system (specifications etc.) and aspects
that are 'indirectly' (security etc.) related to the
system.
