Table 2.
Summary of the software development life cycle (SDLC) stages and user involvement.
| Number | Stage | Methodology | Number of participants | Iterations | Duration |
| 1 | Brainstorming | Focus group | 32 | 1 | 1 month |
| 2 | Requirements | Focus group | 11 | 2 | 2 months |
| 3 | Development 1 | Development cycles | 5 | 8 | 12 months |
| 4 | Usability test | Laboratory usability test | 10 | 1 | 1 month |
| 5 | Development 2 | Development cycles | 5 | 2 | 4 months |
| 6 | User test | Supervised on-site test | 20 | 1 | 2 weeks per ward |
| 7 | Development 3 | Development cycles | 5 | 2 | 1 month |
| 8 | Pilot test | Unsupervised on-site test | 30 | 2 | 2 months |