Focus Statement: Perspectives
Perspectives are individuals or classes of individuals whose points of view should be reflected in the solution. Normally these would be a subset of the stakeholders. There are different degrees to which we will emphasize each:
Primary Emphasized Perspectives
We will actively try to meet their needs. However, they might have a different focus that will be taken into account at different points in the project. Therefore, depending upon the stage of the project, we may seek them out or have others represent their perspective:
| No. |
Primary Emphasized Perspectives |
We want to meet their needs regarding: |
| 1 |
SEER registry director/management |
The Entire Business |
| 2 |
SEER principal investigators |
The Entire Business |
| 3 |
SEER registry abstractors and coders |
Doing the Business Process |
| 4 |
SEER registry quality control staff |
Doing the Business Process |
| 5 |
SEER registry follow-up staff |
Doing the Business Process |
| 6 |
NCI SEER program |
Data Collected and Data Quality |
| 7 |
SEER registry IT staff |
Technology |
| 8 |
IMS |
Technology |
Secondary Emphasized Perspectives
We want to meet the needs of these perspectives, too. However, we will not actively seek out individuals to represent their perspective, but rely upon others to do so:
| No. |
Secondary Emphasized Perspectives |
| 9 |
SEER area hospitals/medical facilities/pathology labs/reporting physicians |
| 10 |
NCI surveillance research program director (Brenda) |
| 11 |
Researchers - Registry (special study) researchers and others |
| 12 |
State Registries - California Cancer Registry (CCR), Georgia, Washington, Michigan, and others |
Not Emphasized Perspectives
Although as Stakeholders, these can influence or be influenced by the project, we do not believe we need to specifically meet their needs for the project to be successful. However, we assume that by pursuing the needs of others, we will meet some of their needs as a by-product.
| No. |
Not Emphasized Perspectives |
| 13 |
NCI project officers |
| 14 |
NCI/SEER epidemiologists/statisticians |
| 15 |
CDC - NPCR, AcoS |
| 16 |
NAACCR - non-SEER registries |
| 17 |
SEER affiliates/organizations (universities, public health departments, etc.) |
| 18 |
Software vendors |
| 19 |
Other projects - Breast cancer consortium, genetics, and others |
| 20 |
Legislators - State and Federal |
| 21 |
Patients |
| 22 |
American Cancer Society |
| 23 |
State Health Departments |
| 24 |
International Associations of Cancer Registries (IACR) |
| 25 |
Other disease registries |
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Surveillance Research Program
Division of Cancer Control &
