Software & apps · Planning worksheet

Recruitment forms: make applications usable

Illustrative situation

Candidates upload incomplete material because the form does not explain what the recruitment team actually needs.

The decision

Design the application around the hiring process and approved collection requirements. Explain requested information clearly and offer an appropriate contact route for application difficulties.

Rehearse this before accepting the change

Submit a fictional application with an unsupported attachment; the error should explain how to recover.

Use fictional examples and an authorised test environment. Record what happened, the evidence you inspected and any issue that still needs a responsible owner.

Choose a useful measure

Measure incomplete submissions and repeated requests for missing information.

Agree the definition and baseline with the team doing the work. Review the result over a comparable period and note other changes that could affect it.

Healthcare software workflow connecting task cards, a checklist and a database.
Map the work and the information it depends on.
Healthcare software testing with normal paths and a separate exception route.
Test the exceptions as well as the normal workflow.
Healthcare software handover with a code folder, configuration controls, key and maintenance notebook.
Agree ownership, configuration and ongoing maintenance.

Your planning worksheet

Use these checks to prepare a discussion with your team or supplier. Tick a check when you have recorded the decision or evidence, rather than when a feature has simply been promised.

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