CWDS Glossary
The CWDS Glossary includes a List of Acronyms and defined terms captured from various models, reports, and other artifacts pertaining to the Child Welfare System – California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES) Project. The Glossary standardizes terms used across the various project disciplines; each term is defined with its meaning specific to the project domain.
The State may update the CWDS Glossary at any time. Any questions please contact CWDS Communications.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Data Quality Audit
The auditing of data to assess its quality or utility for a specific purpose.
Data Warehouse
A system where data is stored for archival, analysis, and security purposes, and that is the platform used to support business intelligence processes and facilitate analysis and reporting.
DB2® (or or Database 2) (DB2)
A family of database server products developed by IBM.
Decision and Order
The final CDSS decision after an administrative action is complete.
Decision Making Framework (DMF)
Provides team members a standard and structured approach for requesting a decision and/or logging a project-related decision that impacts the approved project scope, schedule, and cost, as well as cross functional impacts on resources and stakeholders.
DMF process and decision log is managed by the PMO, which can be found on the SharePoint Landing page for CWDS.
Dedicated County
The designation of a county that has chosen to operate CWS/CMS in a closed LAN, closed system environment. Dedicated counties may not connect other county systems to CWS/CMS and may not install any non-standard county applications on CWS/CMS workstations. Dedicated counties depend on the Project Management Office (PMO) for problem resolution, configuration management and most other local operation and maintenance services. Only with PMO approval and oversight may dedicated counties connect other county systems to CWS/CMS or install non-CWS/CMS applications or COTS software on CWS/CMS workstations. A county that has chosen to operate CWS/CMS in a dedicated environment.
Deficiency
In the context of certification, approval, or licensing of homes or facilities, a violation of a statute or regulation.
Definition of Done
The Acceptance Criteria by which a unit of work (e.g., User Story, Release) is assessed by the State to determine completeness and ensure quality standards are applied prior to Acceptance.
Delivery Central
A coordination and steering body staffed by designated (rotating) Service Managers and Product Delivery Leads, the CWDS Product Director, the CWDS Product Chief, the CWDS Architecture and Engineering Chief, Enterprise Architects, Platform/Integration Architects, Service Delivery Lifecycle Advisors (Coaches) and representatives from Security, Quality Assurance, Implementation, Operations, and the PMO.
Focused on Product dependency tracking, SDLC development and advocacy, and CARES wide stewardship of the Domain Model and Shared Services.
Delivery Manager
An Agile Development Pre-Qualified (ADPQ) vendor pool labor category that serves as the Scrum Master equivalent and ensures that the scrum team achieves its goals. The Delivery Manager shall work to resolve or remove impediments, help manage the team's relationships with outside stakeholders, facilitate continuous improvement of the team, and coordinate solution implementation and delivery with other Delivery Managers.
See also Scrum Master.