- Design for efficiency
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6.1.1 Improve efficiency of inventory system
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6.2.1 Reduce time spent
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Average no. of hours/week the solution saved
- More the better
- Do not increase time currently spent
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Time required to implement the system
- More the better
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6.2.2 Identity food info
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Time required to obtain information
- Less time is better
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No. of actions required to obtain information
- Fewer actions are better
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6.2.3 Reduce inventory errors
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6.2.3.1 Mitigate human errors
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No. of human actions needed
- Less is better
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Complexity of each task
- Less is better
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Frequency of checking if inventory data matches real inventory
- More frequent the better
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6.2.3.2 Reduce system errors
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Complexity of the system
- Less complicated the better
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Checks and balances
- Yes is better
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6.2.7 Maintainability
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Complexity of the system
- Lower the complexity the better
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Mean Time to Maintain
- Less the better
- Design for communication
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6.1.2 Increase the capability for volunteers to work with the inventory
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6.2.4 Affordable
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Cost to implement
- Lower the better
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Cost to maintain
- Lower the better
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6.2.5 Ease of use
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Time it takes to learn how to use
- Less the better
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Task Complexity Formula
- Less the better
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6.2.6 Increase access to info
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Number of people who can access the information
- More people with credentials that have the access to the information the better.
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Number of physical locations information is accessible from
- If physical solution: More locations the data can be accessed the better.
- If electronic solution: More available the technology used to access the info the better.
- Design for sustainability
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6.1.3 Facilitate current needs and future growth
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6.2.8 Scalability
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Time and cost of implementing resources required for each new geographical location
- Less the better
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No. of adaptations required for installing the system in a new geographical location esearch - resources
- Less the better
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No. of self-expanding resources (resources that increase their own usage)
- Less the better
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6.2.9 Integrability
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Complexity of the system
- Less the better
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No. of components involved in the transfer of information (No.)
- Less the better
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No. of data types involved (No.)
- Less variation of data types the better
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6.2.10 Replicable
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. Average Integration Complexity* (Higher the number, more complex the integration)
- Less the better
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No. of resources required
- Less the better
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Rarity of resources
- Less the better
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Total cost of the system (CAD $)
- Less the better
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High permissiveness
- Higher on the list, the better
- Should be above rank 3 (exclusive)
- To remove any liability
For software:
Must use either MIT or GNU GPLv3 License
- Design for equity