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The first thing we did was to analyse the data in their existing proprietary database, and to write software to extract a snapshot of the data it contained.
We then specified and built a "working model" --- a software system that supported the core functionality of the proposed system and allowed us allowed us to check for performance problems. Once this was running, we demonstrated it to the ASPC, which boosted their confidence in the project.
The next step was the production, with Facilitators, of a specification for the final system. The Working Model also proved invaluable for this, because it provided a concrete focus for discussion with ASPC's staff to refine the organisation of the user interfaces, and with ASPC's graphic designers to specify the look-and-feel of the system.
Once the specification was agreed, the final system was built and its interfaces fine-tuned to maximise usability. When the system was complete, it was tested by running it in parallel with the main system and comparing the outputs and contents of the two. Once these tests had convinced ASPC that the new system was behaving correcty, use of the legacy system was discontinued, and the new system became the definitive repository for the Centre's data.
ASPC then allowed member solicitors to dial in to search the database, and set up a group of PCs in the Centre so that members of the public could access the an in-house copy of the Centre's web site. Finally, the public site was set up, and went live in January 1999.
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