Use case · Design documentsStatus: Pilot

A consistent Ivalua design package from your discovery material

Axl turns workshop notes, requirements and the current Ivalua configuration into a design package whose parts agree with each other. A Modali consultant drives it and reviews what it produces.

Where it stands

Modali has used Axl's design document engine on two public-sector Ivalua programs. It runs with a Modali consultant driving it, and what it produces is a draft for that consultant to review. There is no self-service design module yet.

What a package contains

  • Design document — A Word document with a section for each object and screen, written to Modali's design standard.
  • Workflow diagrams — Diagrams of each process, consistent with the document.
  • Field workbook — The fields the design touches, grounded in the tables and columns that exist.
  • User stories and traceability — User stories and a requirements traceability matrix that line up with the document.
  • UI mockups — Screens based on the current configuration, with the proposed changes marked.
  • Assumptions and open items — Anything not yet agreed is kept in its own workbook, out of the confirmed design text.
  • Technical design — For integrations: mappings, payloads, and sequence and data-flow diagrams.

Checked before a person reads it

Axl checks that the parts of each package agree with each other. These checks catch inconsistencies. They don't prove the design is right, which is why a consultant reviews it.

Axl Test writes its scenarios from a design package of this kind: the requirements, user stories and field dictionary. A clear design gives the tests a clear target.

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