Project Intentions
Intentions are the purposes or reasons the organizations would undertake the effort, and the results that are expected from the effort. The intentions list contains the goals, objectives, or any other type of intention. The intentions answer the question "why should we proceed?" and provide criteria to measure our success, but are not intended to address what or how it will be done. The intentions are not ranked.
Effort contributions recognize that the project may not fully achieve the identified intentions, though the intentions remain the reason that we proceed. The effort contributions are meant to clarify what we expect this project to do toward the intentions, trusting that other efforts will also contribute toward the end goal. While providing understanding, the effort contributions are not meant to be constraining as we pursue the identified intentions. The effort contributions are primarily identified to clarify our current understanding of what we see the project doing toward meeting the intentions.
| No. |
Intentions |
Effort Contribution |
| 1 |
To report high-quality cancer incidence, treatment, and survival data. |
Provide hardware and software that allows the data to be collected and processed efficiently, accurately and in a more timely manner.
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| 2 |
To use resources (budget and staff) most effectively and efficiently.
(Maintaining 13 different systems that essentially do the same thing is becoming increasingly
problematic)
(Older systems are difficult to update, and tremendously expensive)
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Provide a flexible system that takes advantage of common functionality while allowing individual
differences to be accommodated.
Remove duplication in developing and maintaining different systems in each registry under different
software.
A component design to allow updates/changes to be implemented more easily and economically - centrally
or locally, as most appropriate.
Normalize processing by encouraging operations to be similar across registries, when appropriate
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| 3 |
To make sure that all the registries can continue to operate.
(Aging technology will not be able to be maintained in the near future)
(Staff turnover results in lost expertise)
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Utilize near-cutting-edge technologies that:
- Can continue to be supported,
- Are portable, and
- Can be upgraded/expanded/enhanced (scaleability).
Maintain central expertise and support
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| 4 |
To be able to adapt to the inevitable changes in the healthcare system. |
A flexible design that anticipates and accommodates change |
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Surveillance Research Program
Division of Cancer Control &
